A coloured Petri net framework for modelling aircraft fleet maintenance

Sheng, Jingyu; Prescott, Darren

Abstract

The aircraft fleet maintenance organisation is responsible for keeping aircraft in a safe, efficient operating condition. Through optimising the use of maintenance resources and the implementation of maintenance activities, fleet maintenance management aims to maximise fleet performance by, for example, ensuring there is minimal deviation from the planned operational schedule,that the number of unexpected failures is minimised or that maintenance cost is kept at a minimum. To obtain overall fleet performance, the performance of individual aircraft must first be known. The calculation of aircraft performance requires an accurate model of the fleet operation and maintenance processes. This paper aims to introduce a framework that can be used to build aircraft fleet maintenance models. A variety of CPN (coloured Petri nets) models are established to represent fleet maintenance activities and maintenance management, as well as the factors that have a significant impact on fleet maintenance including fleet operation, aircraft failure logic and component failure processes. Such CPN models provide an ideal structured framework for Monte Carlo simulation analysis, within which calculations can be performed in order to determine numerous fleet reliability and maintenance performance measures.

Citation

Sheng, J., & Prescott, D. (2019). A coloured Petri net framework for modelling aircraft fleet maintenance. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 189, 67-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.04.004

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 2, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 10, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Deposit Date: Apr 29, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 11, 2020
• Journal: Reliability Engineering & System Safety
• Print ISSN: 0951-8320
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 189
• Pages: 67-88
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.04.004
• Keywords: Maintenance; Decision support systems; Aircraft fleet; Modelling framework; Coloured Petri nets
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1850659
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0951832017313431
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