Failure mechanisms of legacy aircraft wiring and interconnects

Brian G. Moffat; Eitan Abraham; M. P Y Desmulliez; Dennis Koltsov; Andrew Richardson

doi:10.1109/TDEI.2008.4543119

Failure mechanisms of legacy aircraft wiring and interconnects

Brian G. Moffat, Eitan Abraham, M. P Y Desmulliez, Dennis Koltsov, Andrew Richardson

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Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive list of the causes and modes of failure and ageing in legacy aircraft wiring and interconnects. Taxonomies of the electrical, mechanical, chemical and thermal stresses that contribute to the various stages of ageing and/or failure are presented. A Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (FMEA) is conducted to categorize the most serious failures. The order of severity in the FMEA is backed up by maintenance data gathered by the Royal Air Force (RAF) base Brize Norton during routine inspection. © 2008 IEEE.

Original language	English
Article number	4543119
Pages (from-to)	808-822
Number of pages	15
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2008.4543119
Publication status	Published - Jun 2008

Keywords

Contact fretting
Dry arcing
Failure mode effects and analysis (FMEA)
Hydrolytic scission
Insulation degradation
Interconnect degradation
Series arcing
Standing waves
Wet arcing

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