Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities
Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) is a policy that uses information about the health condition of systems and structures to identify optimal maintenance interventions over time, increasing the efficiency of maintenance operations. Despite CBM being a well-established concept in academic research, th...
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| author | Wim J. C. Verhagen Bruno F. Santos Floris Freeman Paul van Kessel Dimitrios Zarouchas Theodoros Loutas Richard C. K. Yeun Iryna Heiets |
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| description | Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) is a policy that uses information about the health condition of systems and structures to identify optimal maintenance interventions over time, increasing the efficiency of maintenance operations. Despite CBM being a well-established concept in academic research, the practical uptake in aviation needs to catch up to expectations. This research aims to identify challenges, limitations, solution directions, and policy implications related to adopting CBM in aviation. We use a generalizable and holistic assessment framework to achieve this aim, following a process-oriented view of CBM development as an aircraft lifecycle management policy. Based on various inputs from industry and academia, we identified several major sets of challenges and suggested three primary solution categories. These address data quantity and quality, CBM implementation, and the integration of CBM with future technologies, highlighting future research and practice directions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-285bf6c5f251456e83d21d60d9c639ae2023-11-19T09:04:31ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102023-08-0110976210.3390/aerospace10090762Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and OpportunitiesWim J. C. Verhagen0Bruno F. Santos1Floris Freeman2Paul van Kessel3Dimitrios Zarouchas4Theodoros Loutas5Richard C. K. Yeun6Iryna Heiets7Aerospace Engineering & Aviation, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AustraliaAir Transport & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsKoninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) Engineering & Maintenance, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 1117 ZL Amsterdam, The NetherlandsKoninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) Engineering & Maintenance, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 1117 ZL Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCenter of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Structures, Prognostics & Health Management, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsDepartment of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, University of Patras, University Campus, 26504 Patras, GreeceAerospace Engineering & Aviation, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AustraliaAerospace Engineering & Aviation, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AustraliaCondition-Based Maintenance (CBM) is a policy that uses information about the health condition of systems and structures to identify optimal maintenance interventions over time, increasing the efficiency of maintenance operations. Despite CBM being a well-established concept in academic research, the practical uptake in aviation needs to catch up to expectations. This research aims to identify challenges, limitations, solution directions, and policy implications related to adopting CBM in aviation. We use a generalizable and holistic assessment framework to achieve this aim, following a process-oriented view of CBM development as an aircraft lifecycle management policy. Based on various inputs from industry and academia, we identified several major sets of challenges and suggested three primary solution categories. These address data quantity and quality, CBM implementation, and the integration of CBM with future technologies, highlighting future research and practice directions.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/9/762condition-based maintenanceintegrated vehicle health managementstructural health monitoringprognostics and health managementmaintenance planning |
| spellingShingle | Wim J. C. Verhagen Bruno F. Santos Floris Freeman Paul van Kessel Dimitrios Zarouchas Theodoros Loutas Richard C. K. Yeun Iryna Heiets Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities Aerospace condition-based maintenance integrated vehicle health management structural health monitoring prognostics and health management maintenance planning |
| title | Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full | Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_short | Condition-Based Maintenance in Aviation: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_sort | condition based maintenance in aviation challenges and opportunities |
| topic | condition-based maintenance integrated vehicle health management structural health monitoring prognostics and health management maintenance planning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/9/762 |
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