Experimental Data Collection and Modeling for Nominal and Fault Conditions on Electro-Mechanical Actuators

A Publication, EDWARD BALABAN's Collection - 12 years, 3 months ago

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Being relatively new to the field, electromechanical actuators in aerospace applications lack the knowledge base compared to ones accumulated for the other actuator types, especially ...

Metrics for Evaluating Performance of Prognostics Techniques

A Publication, EDWARD BALABAN's Collection - 12 years, 10 months ago

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Prognostics is an emerging concept in condition based maintenance (CBM) of critical systems. Along with developing the fundamentals of being able to confidently predict Remaining ...

A Systems Engineering Approach to Electro-Mechanical Actuator Diagnostic and Prognostic Development

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The authors have formulated a Comprehensive Systems Engineering approach to Electro-Mechanical Actuator (EMA) Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) system development. The approach implements software tools ...

Experimental and Analytical Development of a Health Management System for Electro-Mechanical Actuators

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Expanded deployment of Electro-Mechanical Actuators (EMAs) in critical applications has created much interest in EMA Prognostic Health Management (PHM), a key enabling technology of Condition ...

Model-Based Fault Detection and Diagnosis System for NASA Mars Subsurface Drill Prototype

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The Drilling Automation for Mars Environment (DAME) project, led by NASA Ames Research Center, is aimed at developing a lightweight, low-power drill prototype that can ...

Tracking Logistical Constraints Across Missions and Organizations: A Multipurpose Information Infrastructure

A Publication, EDWARD BALABAN's Collection - 10 years, 4 months ago

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execute plans and schedules that achieve stated goals while simultaneously minimizing the cost of logistics management and maximizing resource productivity. This goal is a challenge ...

Planning to Explore: Using a Coordinated Multisource Infrastructure to Overcome Present and Future Space Flight ...

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Few human endeavors present as much of a planning and scheduling challenge as space flight, particularly manned space flight. Just on the operational side of ...

Addressing the Real-World Challenges in the Development of Propulsion IVHM Technology Experiment (PITEX)

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The Propulsion IVHM Technology Experiment (PITEX) has been an on-going research effort conducted over several years. PITEX has developed and applied a model-based diagnostic system ...

Transient Region Coverage in the Propulsion IVHM Technology Experiment

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Over the last several years researchers at NASA Glenn and Ames Research Centers have developed a real-time fault detection and isolation system for propulsion subsystems ...