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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Applicants:
David O. Adams, Stratford, CT (US);
Jack Z. Zhao, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Inventors:
David O. Adams, Stratford, CT (US);
Jack Z. Zhao, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Assignee:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one non-limiting embodiment, a method includes accessing flight regime rates of occurrence distributions associated with one or more flight regimes for a fleet of aircraft. Using the accessed flight regime distributions, a factor for at least one of the flight regimes is determined that provides a predetermined amount of reliability for a component on each aircraft on the fleet of aircraft known to be affected through at least fatigue damage by the at least one flight regime.