Boeing 777 high lift control system

The Boeing 777 high lift control systems (HLCS), a state-of-the-art microprocessor-based system that provides fly-by-wire control, protection, and built-in-test and maintenance access functions for the leading edge slats and trailing edge flaps drive and actuation systems, is discussed. This system is designed to take advantage of technologically proven concepts as well as judicious application of new concepts in response to market demands, airline customer input, and a thorough review of lessons learned from previous aircraft programs. The purpose of the HLCS, the wing high lift devices it controls, the HLCS components, its three modes of operation, automatic functions, and system failure protections are described. The use of the EASY5 engineering analysis program developed by the Boeing Company to model dynamic systems in both the time and frequency domains for modeling mechanical and hydraulic portions of the high lift system is discussed     

Design of Boeing 777 electric system

The electric power system for the Boeing 777 is comprised of two independent electrical systems, the main and the backup. The main electric system includes two engine-driven integrated drive generators, a generator driven by the auxiliary power unit, three generator control units, and a bus power control unit. The backup electric system includes two engine-drive generators and one integrated converter/control unit to provide the redundancy of electrical sources equivalent to a three-engine airplane. Automation of the system is achieved by the use of state-of-the-art, microprocessor-based control units that perform system control, protection, and built-in-test functions. Each control unit has redundant two-way communication through an ARINC 629 communication bus that requires significantly fewer discrete wires than similar systems, allowing considerable reduction of the interface circuits and reduction in weight     

机载雷达BIT设计研究

首先分析了机载雷达自检测(BIT)采用的设计思想;然后论述了机载雷达自动实施的加电自检(PBIT)、连续自检(CBIT)、人工干预的中断自检(IBIT)和快速自检(QBIT);最后给出机载雷达BIT信息处理的流程.     

考虑预防性维修的离散时间单部件系统的可用度模型

对预防性维修的单部件离散可修系统,假定系统寿命、修复性维修和预防性维修的修复时间均遵从离散的一般分布,修复为完全修复,利用概率分析的方法详细讨论了系统正常、修复性维修和预防性维修3个状态之间的转移关系,在此基础上建立了该系统的瞬态可用度模型,最后进行了仿真校验。结果表明,预防性维修对系统瞬时可用度的影响较大,特别是当系统故障率为单调递增时,合理的预防性维修将起到提高系统可用度的效果,该模型能较好地反映工程中的情况,具有良好的工程应用前景,可以帮助维修人员更好地完成工程系统的保障和维修。     

Convergence on two-level maintenance

The US Department of Defense is seeking an integrated maintenance methodology that provides increased operational availability of weapons systems with a reduced logistics pipeline. In this context the author discusses a systems engineering methodology for newly designed systems and a transition plan for existing systems that will accommodate two levels of maintenance. The first level will encompass an onboard monitoring and diagnostics system that will monitor the health status of the weapons system and initiate diagnostic procedures as abnormalities arise. The second level will consist of low-cost mission-specific suitcase testers     

一种基于FPGA的航空发动机独立超转保护系统

针对航空发动机超转故障,提出一种基于现场可编程逻辑门阵列(FPGA)的独立超转保护系统.介绍了系统的总体设计方案、超转判断方法及故障诊断方式.该系统采用双双余度结构,通过线性分类器和时间窗内加权表决判断方法,提高超转保护功能可靠性.通过3层级机内自测试(BIT)监视静默失效,满足适航要求.硬件在回路仿真平台试验结果表明:该系统超转判断准确可靠,并能在连续判断超转后进入锁定保护状态,有效避免超转事故的发生.目前,研究成果已应用于某型发动机全权限数字控制(FADEC)系统中.      

基于模拟器的单脉冲雷达幅相修正方法研究

以某型单脉冲测量雷达为研究对象,深入分析研究幅相一致性修正的必要性和修正原理,通过理论分析与公式推导,经过大量的试验验证,提出一种基于目标模拟的单脉冲测量雷达无塔幅相修正方法。该方法实现后,已成功应用于该型单脉冲测量雷达,解决了传统幅相修正方法受外界因素影响大的技术难题,同时降低了建造成本和维护难度,取得了良好的军事和经济效益。     

电子器件系统维护的优化模型

本利用变分法原理给出复杂联接状态下电子器件系统维护的优化模型，寻求维护时刻间的最优值，并得到最优的平均维护时间周期。     

复杂大时延的多主多从共享遥操作方法

共享遥操作结合了遥操作和多机器人协调技术,是重要的空间机器人复杂任务拓展和遥操作可靠性提升方式。首先,在综述现有共享遥操作技术的基础上,利用遥操作系统的超前预报特性,提出机器人复杂大时延的共享遥操作方法,给出了多操作员多机器人（MM/MS）复杂操作系统描述模型,设计了分时树状分组策略并给出其使用的前提条件。提出了MM/MS组间共享遥操作方法、时延信息维护规则、操作请求判断和状态信息维护方法。然后,给出了相应组内共享遥操作算法。最后,以多操作员单机器人（MM/SS）共享遥操作为例,给出了简化规则,使用以某大型空间机械臂为对象的MM/SS遥操作系统进行了数字仿真实验。实验结果表明：本文方法在20 s级不确定时延、操作端的交互时延与遥操作回路时延比为0~1等复杂条件下,均可实施连续稳定的遥操作。     

Avionics systems maintenance improvement: a perception

This paper explores the possibility of applying recent developments in various fields of electronics, especially wireless personal communication services, to reduce avionics systems repair cycle time and to generally improve maintenance services. But before scaling these prospects, present-day maintenance services are touched upon and advances in associated technologies are also mentioned     

Role of BIT in support system maintenance and availability

The role of built in test (BIT) in electronic systems has grown in prominence with the advances in system complexity and concern over maintenance lifecycle costs of large systems. In an environment where standards drive system designs (and provide an avenue for focused advancement in technology), standards for BIT are very much in an evolutionary state. The reasons for advancing the effectiveness of BIT include reduced support overhead, greater, confidence in operation, and increased system availability. The cost of supporting military electronic systems (avionics, communications, and weapons systems) has driven much of the development in BIT technology. But what about the systems that support these end items that contain test and measurement instrumentation - such as automatic test equipment (ATE), simulators and avionics development suites? There has also been a beneficial effect on the maintenance and availability of these systems due to the infusion of BIT into their component assemblies. But the effect has been much more sporadic and fragmented. This paper looks at the state of BIT in test and measurement instruments, explain its affect on system readiness, and present ideas on how to improve BIT technologies and standards. This will not provide definitive answers to BIT development questions, since the factors that affect it are specific to the instrument itself. The topics covered in this paper are: definitions of built-in test, instrument BIT history, importance of BIT fault coverage and isolation in support systems, overview of BIT development process issues that limit the effectiveness of BIT Standards related to instrument BIT, making BIT more effective in support system maintenance and availability and conclusions.     

Wearable computers open a new era in support resource management

Our aerospace customers are demanding that we drastically reduce the operating and support costs of our products. In today's aerospace maintenance environment, the vast majority of maintenance technicians are using paper technical publications, with fixed troubleshooting trees, and manual or semi-automated post maintenance documentation. Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) are at this time being deployed with portable maintenance aids, often an electronic notebook-sized data presentation system, some with expert system based troubleshooting aids. Many of the IETM based systems still require post maintenance documentation and, the maintenance control function is at best, updated when each maintenance task is completed and the vehicle departs. Advances in wearable computer technologies allow us to integrate the maintenance technician with a highly automated, tightly managed support system that will significantly reduce support costs and turn-around times while improving the quality of maintenance. A “Portable Maintenance Terminal” is a wearable computer configured to meet a maintenance technician's information and communication needs. The Portable Maintenance Terminal (PMT) will place the maintenance technician in the loop with the support system. Wearable computers are intended for use in locations where easy access to a desktop computer or laptop is not practical, or where operators are required to have their hands on the job rather than being busy with a computer. The wearable PMT can provide a hands-free, heads-up, networked computing environment     

基于MORT的航空维修工程调查系统设计

针对目前航空维修企业工程调查管理现状，提出应用MORT分析技术建立航空维修工程调查系统，分析设计了该系统的总体框架，应用知识库原理设计了系统的数据库结构和相关数据表，阐述了具体事故的分析推理过程，提出在维修管理中应用假设风险的理念。具体事故的分析结果表明，所设计的系统切实可行，可以应用到具体的维修管理中。     

Performance deterioration modeling and optimal preventive maintenance strategy under scheduled servicing subject to mission time

Servicing is applied periodically in practice with the aim of restoring the system state and prolonging the lifetime. It is generally seen as an imperfect maintenance action which has a chief influence on the maintenance strategy. In order to model the maintenance effect of servicing, this study analyzes the deterioration characteristics of system under scheduled servicing. And then the deterioration model is established from the failure mechanism by compound Poisson process. On the basis of the system damage value and failure mechanism, the failure rate refresh factor is proposed to describe the maintenance effect of servicing. A maintenance strategy is developed which combines the benefits of scheduled servicing and preventive maintenance. Then the optimization model is given to determine the optimal servicing period and preventive maintenance time, with an objective to minimize the system expected life-cycle cost per unit time and a constraint on system survival probability for the duration of mission time. Subject to mission time, it can control the ability of accomplishing the mission at any time so as to ensure the high dependability. An example of water pump rotor relating to scheduled servicing is introduced to illustrate the failure rate refresh factor and the proposed maintenance strategy. Compared with traditional methods, the numerical results show that the failure rate refresh factor can describe the maintenance effect of servicing more intuitively and objectively. It also demonstrates that this maintenance strategy can prolong the lifetime, reduce the total lifetime maintenance cost and guarantee the dependability of system.     

复杂可修系统可信度建模中任务维修度计算的统计推断方法

在设定每一部件的致命性故障率为常数并在确定出各部件任务修复时间置信上限的基础上,通过对可能发生的多次致命性故障事件的概率状态描述,得到了部件故障率与系统可信度的定量关系,进而依据这一可信度的建模原理归纳出不考虑任务修复时间的具体分布类型时复杂可修串联系统可信度的计算方法,同时也给出了任务维修度的统计推断表达式;最后,以典型的 ４ 部件串联可修系统为例,探讨了致命性故障次数、允许任务修复时间、部件任务修复时间的不同置信上限等的变化对系统可信度的影响,并论证了系统可靠性、维修性和保障性与可信度的关系。     

A cost driven predictive maintenance policy for structural airframe maintenance

Airframe maintenance is traditionally performed at scheduled maintenance stops.The decision to repair a fuselage panel is based on a fixed crack size threshold,which allows to ensure the aircraft safety until the next scheduled maintenance stop.With progress in sensor technology and data processing techniques,structural health monitoring (SHM) systems are increasingly being considered in the aviation industry.SHM systems track the aircraft health state continuously,lead ing to the possibility of planning maintenance based on an actual state of aircraft rather than on a fixed schedule.This paper builds upon a model-based prognostics framework that the authors developed in their previous work,which couples the Extended Kalman filter (EKF) with a first order perturbation (FOP) method.By using the information given by this prognostics method,a novel cost driven predictive maintenance (CDPM) policy is proposed,which ensures the aircraft safety while minimizing the maintenance cost.The proposed policy is formally derived based on the trade-off between probabilities of occurrence of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.A numerical case study simulating the maintenance process of an entire fleet of aircrafts is imple mented.Under the condition of assuring the same safety level,the CDPM is compared in terms of cost with two other maintenance policies:scheduled maintenance and threshold based SHM maintenance.The comparison results show CDPM could lead to significant cost savings.     

基于工效分析与过程仿真模型的机载设备拆装时间评估方法

机载设备拆装时间是重要的维修性设计指标,是选择或优化设计方案的重要参数。提出一种以过程 仿真模型为基础,综合考虑维修作业复杂度和维修工效评估结果的拆装时间综合评估方法。首先,将机载设备 拆装过程分解为基础维修活动单元,规划仿真过程并建立仿真模型;然后,使用模特分析法分析基础维修活动 时间,并根据维修作业复杂度与维修工效综合评估结果确定维修时间修正系数,修正基础维修活动时间;最后, 根据基础维修活动时间和工作流程评估机载设备拆装时间,并以飞机发动机拆卸时间分析为例进行应用验证。 结果表明:该方法可对机载设备拆装时间进行准确评估,能够满足飞机研制的需要。     

结构的最优预防性维修周期

提出了一种计算结构最优预防性维修周期的模型。首先将结构的初始损伤、使用过程中的损伤累积用主裂纹长度的分布加以定量描述。针对预防维修只能在离散的时间点上进行的结构,考虑结构的失效损失费和维修费用,根据使结构单位使用时间的费用（费用率）达到最小的原则,建立了选择最优预防维修周期的方法。最后对一结构作了具体计算。     

Large Capacity Magnetic Bubble Memories for Government Applications

Magnetic bubble memories are an all solid-state, nonvolatile technology that offers a viable alternative to rotating electromechanical memory systems. Rotating memory systems such as magnetic disks, tapes, or drums are often not practical in government applications because of maintenance, reliability, and security problems. Bubble memories offer improvements in the required system reliability for these applications and lend themselves to a modular memory design not possible with mechanical systems. A 244 Mbit memory system is described which is general purpose in design, has a block random access architecture, and has demonstrated its high reliability.     

基于定期维护的产品维修策略研究

 维护是保持产品技术状态、降低失效发生的重要手段。通过分析维护对产品技术状态和失效变化规律的影响,利用复合Poisson过程描述了产品的维护效果,得到了定期维护条件下产品的寿命分布规律。在此基础上,提出了一种定期维护与视情维修相结合的维修策略,通过优化该维修策略下的产品维修费用,给出了最优的定期维护周期和预防性维修阈值。通过算例分析,表明该维修策略可以有效延长产品的维修间隔,从而大大减少产品全寿命期间的维修次数,产品在全寿命周期内的维修费用也得到了有效降低。