Demonstration of an advanced prognostic health management approach for gas turbine engines

Materials Damage Prognosis - Proceedings of a Symposium of the Materials Science and Technology 2004 Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 191-196

  Littles Jr , Jerrol W ^a   Pettit, Richard G ^a   Schirra, John J ^a   Cowles, Bradford A ^a   Holmes, Richard A ^a   Rosenberger, Andrew H ^b  

^a PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D fracture mechanics; Crack growth; Dwell fatigue; Life prediction; Prognosis; State awareness sensing; STF; Structural transfer function; Time of arrival

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEALTH CARE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

3D FRACTURE MECHANICS; DWELL FATIGUE; LIFE PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; STATE-AWARENESS SENSING; STRUCTURAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; TIME-OF-ARRIVAL;

TURBINES;

EID: 33244493316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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