Systems and methods for assessing and quantifying the environmental impact on a mechanical component are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving one or more first set(s) of data from one or more first data acquisition system(s) configured to communicate with an onboard system of
Systems and methods for assessing and quantifying the environmental impact on a mechanical component are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving one or more first set(s) of data from one or more first data acquisition system(s) configured to communicate with an onboard system of an aircraft. The method can further include receiving one or more second sets of data from one or more second data acquisition systems that are remote from the aircraft. The method can include determining an aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by a mechanical component of the aircraft based at least in part on the first sets of data and the second sets of data. The method can include predicting a level of distress associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component.
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1. A computer-implemented method of determining environmental impact on a mechanical component, comprising: receiving one or more first sets of data, by one or more first data acquisition systems, from one or more sensors located on an aircraft;receiving, by one or more computing devices, the one or
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A computer-implemented method of determining environmental impact on a mechanical component, comprising: receiving one or more first sets of data, by one or more first data acquisition systems, from one or more sensors located on an aircraft;receiving, by one or more computing devices, the one or more first sets of data from the one or more first data acquisition systems configured to communicate with an onboard system of the aircraft, wherein the first sets of data are indicative of one or more parameters associated with the aircraft;receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more second sets of data from one or more second data acquisition systems that are remote from the aircraft, wherein the one or more second sets of data are indicative of the environmental condition in one or more locations associated with the aircraft;receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more third sets of data from one or more third data acquisition systems, wherein the one or more third sets of data are indicative of at least one of a hardware design associated with the mechanical component, a flight plan associated with the aircraft, and a maintenance plan associated with the mechanical component;determining, by the one or more computing devices, an aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component of the aircraft based at least in part on the first sets of data and the second sets of data;determining, by the one or more computing devices, a level of distress associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component and based at least in part on the third sets of data;recommending one or both of a hardware change and coordination of a fleet-maintenance operation based on the level of distress; andperforming one or both of the hardware change and the coordination of the fleet-maintenance based on the recommendation. 2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters include one or more airport codes and wherein the second sets of data are indicative of one or more dust levels for one or more airports, and wherein estimating the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component comprises: determining, by the one or more computing devices, the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component based at least in part on a correlation between one or more of the airport codes and one or more of the dust levels for one or more of the airports. 3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the level of distress associated with the mechanical component comprises: determining, by the one or more computing devices, a number of times the mechanical component exceeds a threshold level of the environmental condition. 4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mechanical component is an engine of the aircraft and the onboard system of the aircraft is associated with the one or more sensors included with the engine of the aircraft, and wherein the one or more sensors are configured to measure at least a portion of the environmental condition experienced by the engine. 5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the level of distress associated with the mechanical component is indicative of an amount of ingested environmental condition for each flight over a life cycle of the mechanical component. 6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more locations associated with the aircraft comprise at least one of a first environment in which the aircraft has traveled and a second environment in which the aircraft will travel. 7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more second data acquisition systems are associated with at least one of a satellite based system, an airport based system, and a publically available database. 8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: performing, by the one or more computing devices, an operation associated with an aircraft fleet that includes the aircraft, wherein the operation comprises at least one of adjusting a schedule associated with the fleet, coordinating the fleet maintenance, and ordering one or more replacement components for the fleet. 9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more computing devices are associated with a ground-based computing system, and wherein the one or more first data acquisition systems are located on the aircraft. 10. A system for determining environmental impact on a mechanical component, the system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving one or more first sets of data, by one or more first data acquisition systems, from one or more sensors, wherein the first sets of data are indicative of one or more parameters associated with the mechanical component;receiving the one or more first sets of data from the one or more first data acquisition systems;receiving one or more second sets of data from one or more second data acquisition systems, wherein the one or more second sets of data are indicative of the environmental condition in one or more locations associated with the mechanical component;receiving one or more third sets of data from one or more third data acquisition systems, wherein the one or more third sets of data are indicative of at least one of a hardware design associated with the mechanical component, an operation plan associated with the mechanical component, and a maintenance plan associated with the mechanical component;estimating an aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component based at least in part on the first sets of data and the second sets of data;determining a level of hardware distress associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component and based at least in part on the third sets of data;recommending one or both of a hardware change and coordination of a fleet-maintenance operation based on the level of hardware distress; andperforming one or both of the hardware change and the coordination of the fleet-maintenance based on the recommendation. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise: generating a unique identifier indicative of the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component. 12. The system of claim 10, wherein the environmental condition comprises one or more of dust, pollution, volcanic ash, sulfates, sea salt, carbon black, organic particulate, smoke, and aerosols. 13. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more locations are associated with one or more airports. 14. The system of claim 10, wherein the mechanical component is an engine, and wherein the level of hardware distress associated with the mechanical component is indicative of an amount of ingested environment condition for each flight over a life cycle of the engine. 15. A system for managing a fleet of vehicles, the system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving one or more first sets of data, by one or more first data acquisition systems, from one or more sensors located on a vehicle of the fleet of vehicles;receiving the one or more first sets of data from the one or more first data acquisition systems associated with the vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, wherein the first sets of data are indicative of one or more parameters associated with a mechanical component associated with the vehicle;receiving one or more second sets of data from one or more second data acquisition systems, wherein the one or more second sets of data are indicative of the amount of environmental condition in one or more locations in which the vehicle has traveled;receiving one or more third sets of data from one or more third data acquisition systems, wherein the one or more third sets of data are indicative of at least one of a hardware design associated with the mechanical component, an operation plan associated with the mechanical component, and a maintenance plan associated with the mechanical componentdetermining a level of distress associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the first sets of data and the second sets of data and based at least in part on the third sets of data; andperforming a predictive event associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the level of distress associated with the mechanical component;recommending one or both of a hardware change and coordination of a fleet-maintenance operation based on the level of distress; andperforming one or both of the hardware change and the coordination of the fleet-maintenance based on the recommendation. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein performing the predictive event associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the level of distress further comprises: predicting an amount of maintenance for one or more other components that are similar to the mechanical component. 17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more third sets of data are indicative of at least a hardware design associated with the mechanical component. 18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more third sets of data are indicative of at least a flight plan associated with the aircraft. 19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more third sets of data are indicative of at least a maintenance plan associated with the mechanical component.
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