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THE EFFECT OF SYSTEM OPERATION DURATION ON FAILURE RATE: A STUDY OF STRATEGIC AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT
Abstract
The level of stress experienced during system turn-on was hypothesized to be greater than the stress level of steady-state operation. This fixed plus variable approach to the cause of failure permitted the isolation of the steady-state stress. Some 85,000 C-5 and 840,000 C-141 strategic airlift aircraft missions were analyzed using flight length as the independent variable. A one hour temporal adjustment of flight length was made for the takeoff and landing phases of flight. The equation Y = a + b(x-1)/X provided and x of 0.99 for both aircraft. Thus, the average failure rate decreases as system operation duration increases.
Subject Area
Business community
Recommended Citation
SHAW, CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL, "THE EFFECT OF SYSTEM OPERATION DURATION ON FAILURE RATE: A STUDY OF STRATEGIC AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT" (1982). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8228159.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8228159