Reliability analysis of airship a remote sensing system

Airship Remote Sensing System (ARSS) for obtain the dynamic or real time images in the remote sensing of the catastrophe and the environment, is a mixed complex system. Its sensor platform is a remote control airship. The achievement of a remote sensing mission depends on a series of factors. For this reason, it is very important for us to analyze reliability of ARSS. In first place, the system model was simplified from multi-stage system to two-state system on the basis of the result of the failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) and the Failure Tree failure mode effect and criticality analysis (FMECA). The failure tree was created after analyzing all factors and their interrelations. This failure tree inclouds four branches, e.g. engine subsystem, remote control subsystem, airship construction subsystem, flying metrology and climate subsystem. By way of failure tree analysis (FTA) and basic-events classing, the weak links were discovered. The results of test running shown no difference in comparison with theory analysis. In accordance with the above conclusions, a plan of the reliability growth and reliability maintenance were posed. System's reliability are raised from 89% to 92% with the reformation of the man-machine interactive interface, the augmentation of the secondary better-groupie and the secondary remote control equipment.