System and method of projecting aircraft maintenance costs
First Claim
1. A method of projecting aircraft maintenance costs, the method comprising:
- providing collected data on a storage medium accessible by a computer system, said collected data being associated with a plurality of aircraft mechanical systems;
operating a computer system programmed to perform the steps of;
generating a plurality of reliability models based on said collected data associated with a plurality of aircraft mechanical systems;
performing a plurality of simulations, each simulation related to operating one of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over a period of time and each simulation based on one of the plurality of reliability models, at least one simulation of said plurality of simulations being a Monte Carlo simulation generating an estimated time for failure of one of said aircraft mechanical systems;
projecting a maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on each simulation; and
determining a total maintenance cost of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on the maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time.
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Abstract
A method of projecting aircraft maintenance costs is disclosed and includes generating a plurality of reliability models associated with a plurality of aircraft mechanical systems. The method also includes performing a plurality of simulations, where each simulation is related to operating one of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over a period of time and each simulation based on one of the plurality of reliability models. The method also includes projecting a maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on each simulation. The method also includes determining a total maintenance cost of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on the maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of projecting aircraft maintenance costs, the method comprising:
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providing collected data on a storage medium accessible by a computer system, said collected data being associated with a plurality of aircraft mechanical systems; operating a computer system programmed to perform the steps of; generating a plurality of reliability models based on said collected data associated with a plurality of aircraft mechanical systems; performing a plurality of simulations, each simulation related to operating one of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over a period of time and each simulation based on one of the plurality of reliability models, at least one simulation of said plurality of simulations being a Monte Carlo simulation generating an estimated time for failure of one of said aircraft mechanical systems; projecting a maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on each simulation; and determining a total maintenance cost of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on the maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a processor and a storage device accessible to the processor; wherein the storage device includes a reliability engine executable by the processor to generate a plurality of reliability models associated with a plurality of aircraft mechanical systems; wherein the storage device includes a simulation engine executable by the processor to perform a plurality of simulations, each simulation related to operating one of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over a period of time and each simulation based on one of the plurality of reliability models, at least one simulation of said plurality of simulations being a Monte Carlo simulation generating an estimated time for failure of one of said aircraft mechanical systems; wherein the storage device includes a cost modeling tool executable by the processor to project a maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on each simulation; and wherein the cost modeling tool is executable by the processor to determine a total maintenance cost of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on the maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program stored on a tangible computer-readable storage medium, the computer program comprising:
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instructions to generate a plurality of reliability models associated with a plurality of aircraft mechanical systems; instructions to perform a plurality of simulations, each simulation related to operating one of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over a period of time and each simulation based on one of the plurality of reliability models, at least one simulation of said plurality of simulations being a Monte Carlo simulation generating an estimated time for failure of one of said aircraft mechanical systems; instructions to project a maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on each simulation; and instructions to determine a total maintenance cost of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time based on the maintenance cost of each of the plurality of aircraft mechanical systems over the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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