Analysis of the reliability of a starter-generator using a dynamic Bayesian network

The reliability of a starter-generator in transport aircraft was assessed. Using the process of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), necessary decisions were made not only to satisfy the reliability requirement but also to reduce the maintenance load. Failure data have indicated that the life of a starter-generator is limited by the reliability of a bearing. The degradation of the bearing was represented by a dynamic Bayesian network (DBN)....