The Value of Fleet Experience in Exploiting the Full Economic Potential of Aircraft Structures

760913

02/01/1976

Event
Aerospace Engineering and Manufacturing Meeting
Authors Abstract
Content
As a fleet of aircraft builds more and more experience in the real operational environment, the data flowing from that experience can contribute significantly to:
  1. (a)
    better forecasts of future maintenance needs and costs,
  2. (b)
    better focus of the inspection and maintenance efforts,
  3. (c)
    special new equipment/techniques to reduce costs in specific cases,
  4. (d)
    high confidence in continued safe operation.
Several extensions of historical approaches have been developed to support the early models of the jet fleet. The general characteristics of these techniques and their potential economic contributions are discussed.
Meta TagsDetails
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/760913
Pages
14
Citation
Craig, L., and Hummel, K., "The Value of Fleet Experience in Exploiting the Full Economic Potential of Aircraft Structures," SAE Technical Paper 760913, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760913.
Additional Details
Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1976
Product Code
760913
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English