Assessing the impact of the bathtub curve failure rate on fleet performance using designed simulation experiments
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Authors
Marlow, D.O.
Sanchez, S.M.
Sanchez, P.J.
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Bathtub curve
aircraft fleet simulation model
unscheduled maintenance
failure rate
aircraft fleet simulation model
unscheduled maintenance
failure rate
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2017-12
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MSSANZ
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This work seeks to determine the impact of the ‘bathtub curve’ failure rate on the performance of a fleet of military aircraft. Previous work in this area using a simulation modelling approach (e.g., Mattila and Virtanen, 2014; Marlow et al., 2015) has assumed a constant failure rate for unscheduled maintenance throughout a fleet life. We seek to ascertain whether a fleet is able to absorb the potential impacts of a representative bathtub curve through other actions such as implementing better fleet management policies, and at what point the effect of the bathtub overwhelms any mitigation procedures.
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22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 3 to 8 December 2017
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7 p.
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Marlow, D. O., S. M. Sanchez, and P. J. Sanchez. "Assessing the impact of the bathtub curve failure rate on fleet performance using designed simulation experiments." MODSIM2017, 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. 2017.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.