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Experimental Validation of a Prognostic Health Management System for Electro-Mechanical Actuators
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
The work described herein is aimed to advance prognostic health management solutions for electro-mechanical actuators and, thus, increase their reliability and attractiveness to designers of ...
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Accelerated Aging with Electrical Overstress and Prognostics for Power MOSFETs
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
Power electronics play an increasingly important role in energy applications as part of their power converter circuits. Understanding the behavior of these devices, especially their ...
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Adaptive Load-Allocation for Prognosis-Based Risk Management
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
It is an inescapable truth that no matter how well a system is designed it will degrade, and if degrading parts are not re- paired ...
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A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 10 years, 3 months ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
An approach for predicting remaining useful life of power MOSFETs (metal oxide field effect transistor) devices has been developed. Power MOSFETs are semiconductor switching devices ...
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A Mobile Robot Testbed for Prognostics-Enabled Autonomous Decision Making
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
The work described in this paper is aimed at providing an inexpensive, safe platform for development, validation, evaluation, and comparison of prognostics-enabled decision making algorithms. ...
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Deterministic Compilation of Temporal Safety Properties in Explicit State Model Checking
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
The translation of temporal logic specifications constitutes an essen- tial step in model checking and a major influence on the efficiency of formal verification via ...
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A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
We detail all of the facets of adapting classical model checking to a real aerospace system, in- cluding deriving the formal model and a set ...
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Adaptive Contingency Control: Wind Turbine Operation Integrated with Blade Condition Monitoring
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
We report here on first steps towards integrating systems health monitoring with adaptive contingency controls. In the scenario considered, the adaptive controller receives specific information ...
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Optimizing Battery Life for Electric UAVs using a Bayesian Framework
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 10 years, 11 months ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
In summary, this paper lays a simple flight plan optimization strategy based on the particle filtering framework described in [5]. This is meant as a ...
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Autonomous Decision Making for Planetary Rovers Using Diagnostic and Prognostic Information
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
During rover operations, when a fault occurs, it may require changes to low-level control, system usage, or the overall mission plan. In this paper, we ...
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Prognostics Health Management and Physics based failure Models for Electrolytic Capacitors
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
This paper proposes first principles based modeling and prognostics approach for electrolytic capacitors. Electrolytic capacitors and MOSFETs are the two major components, which cause degradations ...
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A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
This article presented a discussion on uncertainty representation and management for model-based prog- nostics methodologies based on the Bayesian tracking framework and specifically for a ...
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Using Markov Models of Fault Growth Physics and Environmental Stresses to Optimize Control Actions
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
A contrived example of a dice throwing game was considered in order to provide some insight into the general problem developing prognostics-based control routines that ...
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Exploration of Risks in Autonomous Decision-Making Applied to Aeronautics
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
Prior research into metrics and design for autonomy were presented. At this time, the prospect of adding significant autonomous decision-making on a piloted aircraft is ...
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Accelerated Aging Experiments for Capacitor Health Monitoring and Prognostics
A Publication, Prognostics CoE Publications - 11 years ago
Shared By: Miryam Strautkalns
This paper discusses experimental setups for health monitoring and prognostics of electrolytic capacitors under nominal operation and accelerated aging conditions. Electrolytic capacitors have higher failure ...