An Evaluation System of Maintainability of the Civil Aircraft Based on Virtual Reality

Abstract:

Maintainability evaluation processes of the civil aircraft in the early design phase can be more visualized and efficient using the virtual reality technique. This paper presents an architecture based on virtual reality for the civil aircrafts maintainability evaluation. The research mainly focused on one of the important aspects of civil airplanes maintainability evaluation: accessibility involved in the maintenance activities. Firstly, architecture of the evaluation system was built. Then a prototype software system based on the architecture was developed. To demonstrate the usability and effectiveness of the system, a test case was presented.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 397-400)
• Pages: 838-841
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.397-400.838
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Xu Dong Wu, Hu Liu, Song Mo, Zhe Wu
• Keywords: Accessibility, Evaluation, Maintainability, Virtual Reality (VR)

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