Design for success

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Hockley, C J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure free; Fault free; Maintenance free operating period; MFOP; Mission effectiveness; MTBF; Prediction; Requirements

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MACHINE DESIGN; MAINTAINABILITY; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; RELIABILITY; STANDARDS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

FAILURE FREE; FAULT FREE; MAINTENANCE FREE OPERATING PERIOD; MISSION EFFECTIVENESS; REQUIREMENTS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032649069     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954410981532342     Document Type: Article

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