Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Challenges of Modern Developing Commer Aircraft
1.2 Evolution of Aircraft Maintenance Process
1.3 Aircraft Composite Structures
1.4 Reliability-Centered Maintenance
1.4.1 Reliability Design
1.4.2 Reliability Centered Maintenance
1.5 MSG-3 Structural Analysis
1.6 A380 Maintenance Programs
1.7 Summary
Chapter 2 Basic Concept
2.1 Accident
2.1.1 Accident in Aviation
2.1.2 Accident Category in Aviation
2.2 Near Misses
2.3 Risk
2.4 Safety
2.5 Reliability
2.6 Risk Management
2.7 Incident
2.8 Airworthiness
2.9 Quality
2.10 Airworthiness
2.11 Availability
2.12 Aircraft Maintenance
2.13 Sources and Types of Failure in Aircraft
2.13.1 Mechanisms of Failure
2.13.2 Causes of Failure
2.13.3 Sources of Failure
2.14 Maintenance System and Tasks
2.15 Component Servicings
2.16 Overhaul
2.17 Bay Servicing
2.17.1 Repair
2.17.2 Modification
2.18 Replacement/Throwaway
2.19 Functional Testing
2.20 Calibration
2.21 Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)
2.22 Avionics Maintenance
2.23 Software Maintenance
2.24 Interdependence of Operations and Maintenance
2.24.1 Factors Affecting the Airline's Maintenance System
2.24.2 Factors Affecting the Military Maintenance System
Chapter 3 Aircraft Reliability and Maintainability Analysis and Design
3.1 Reliability Fundamental Mathematics
3.1 1Density Function
3.1 2Failure Probability Function
3.1 3Failure Rate
3.1 4Reliability Function
3.1 5Bathtub Curve
3.1 6Mean Time to Failure
3.2 Some Common Failure Distributions
3.2.1 Exponential Distribution
3.2.2 Weibull Distribution
3.2.3 Normal Distribution
3.2.4 Lognormal Distribution
3.2.5 Summary of Often Used Distributions
3.3 Binary System Reliability Models
3.3.1 Series System
3.3.2 Parallel System
3.3.3 Standby Redundancy System
3.4 Mechanical Reliability~Stress-strength Interference Model
3.4.1 Introduction of Theory
3.4.2 Analytical Results
3.4.3 Example
3.5 Fuzzy Reliability Theory
3.5.1 Irrationality of Conventional Reliability Theory
3.5.2 Fuzzy Reliability Basic Theories
3.5.3 Fuzzy Reliability
3.5.4 Fuzzy Failure Rate
3.5.5 Fuzzy MTBF
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Chapter 4 RCM and Intergrated Logistic Support
Chapter 5 Intelligent Structural Rating System Based on Back Propagation Network
Chapter 6 Fault Tree Analysis for Composite Structural Damage
Chapter 7 Inspection Interval Optimization for Aircraft Composite Structures Considering Dent Damage
Chapter 8 Repair Tolerance for Composite Structures Using Probabilistic Methodologies
Chapter 9 Structural Health Monitoring and Influence on Current Maintenance
Chapter 10 Maintenance Control and Management Optimization
Chapter 11 Methodologies of Reliability and Maintainability in the A380 Program
Reference
Index