Performance Degradation Modeling and Reliability Analysis of Aviation Connectors in Marine Environment

Abstract

The influence of marine environment on the reliability of a certain type of aviation connectors is studied. Firstly, the step-stress accelerated degradation test which simulates marine environment in South China Sea is designed. And the performance parameter data of four material types of aviation connectors: stainless steel, composite cadmium plating, titanium alloy and aluminum alloy cadmium plating are collected. And then, in order to study the degradation of performance parameters, the mixed effect model is adopted. At last, the reliability lifetime of four material types of aviation connectors are evaluated by means of reliability modeling and analysis. This research provides an effective path for reliability evaluation of aviation connectors, meanwhile it also gives a reference for aviation connectors’ selection.