To assist in the evaluation of proposed structural inspection programs for commercial jet transport aircraft, a logic was developed to simulate structural defects, failures, and inspections. This logic was incorporated in a computer program entitled Structural Area Inspection Frequency Evaluation (SAIFE). With the objective of quantifying the evaluation process currently used to establish and modify inspection intervals, SAIFE accounts for the following factors: (1) aircraft design analysis; (2) fatigue testing; (3) production, service, and corrosion defects; (4) probability of crack or corrosion detection; and (5) aircraft modification economics. Volume I presents the SAIFE logic and documents the methodology for the decision-making processes in the simulation logic.
Structural Area Inspection Frequency Evaluation (SAIFE) Volume I. Executive Summary
1978
44 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
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Aircraft , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Air Transportation , Jet transport planes , Inspection , Commercial aircraft , Airframes , Structural members , Safety , Crack propagation , Corrosion , Test and evaluation , Defects(Materials) , Failure(Mechanics) , Computer programs , Quantitative analysis , SAIFE computer programs