Challenge for Operational Experience Feedback in Aircraft Design: An Aircraft Design Example

摘要

Since the early 1960's, the Department of Defense and the air transport industry have seen a downward trend in the number of new aircraft production starts. One of the effects of fewer new development programs has been a declining level of practical design experience acquired by individual engineers in aerospace design organizations. When compared to the growing need for design experience build-up, a result of expanding technology, the situation becomes worse. To acquire needed levels of practical design experience, feedback and utilization of operational experience is becoming increasingly important. Responsive feedback systems are used by the commercial air transport industry for providing operational experience applicable to product improvement and new development programs. Feedback systems in Naval aviation provide data and information for application primarily in areas of manpower and material management. This thesis analyzes and discusses the present situation and basic needs for operational experience feedback in aircraft design. (Author)