Prognostic health management of aircraft power generators

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 473-483

  Batzel, Todd D ^a   Swanson, David C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit faults; Current measurement; Generators; Rectifiers; Rotors; Voltage measurement; Windings

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT FAULTS; CRITICALITY ANALYSIS; CURRENT MEASUREMENT; DAMAGE STATE; ELECTRICAL FAILURES; GENERATOR LOAD; GENERATORS; INITIAL STAGES; LIFECYCLE COSTS; POWER GENERATORS; PROGNOSTIC HEALTH MANAGEMENTS; RECTIFIERS; REMAINING USEFUL LIVES; ROTOR CIRCUITS; ROTOR FAULT; TRACKING FILTER;

AIRCRAFT; ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; CONDITION MONITORING; COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROTORS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WINDING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 67650489137     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2009.5089535     Document Type: Article

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