Weapons to defend against aircraft are more powerful and accurate than ever before. Aircraft systems and structures have become more sophisticated than those in World War II. With all these technological improvements, a war may be won or lost within the first few hours or days of battle. Therefore, it is necessary that as many aircraft as possible be available for each mission. But, with the new materials and manufacturing methods, the battle damage assessor is ill equipped to do his job, that of assessment and repair. Repairs which restore full strength and life to a structure are inappropriate. This paper presents a battle damage assessor expert system. The system is designed to provide the expertise of a structural engineering consultant to the damage assessor technician. The paper begins with a brief discussion of the concept of battle damage assessment. This is a broad overview to familiarize the reader with the basic concepts involved. Next, the requirements for the battle damage assessor software are presented. Some of the requirements presented were developed by McDonnel Douglas Astronautics Co. under contract to the Human Resources Laboratory. The paper concludes with a discussion of the proposed system. This design is high level and is likely to change with the development of the specific software modules. In reviewing the literature, it is apparent that there is no consensus of opinion as to what is really required or what will actually be sufficient. As is typical of many advanced projects, a system must be implemented, and used before the final requirements and configuration can be worked out.
A combat battle damage assessor expert system
Ein Expertensystem zur Abschaetzung von Schaeden an Kampfflugzeugen
1984
8 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 7 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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