SSME condition monitoring using neural networks and plume spectral signatures

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Benzing, Daniel A ^a   Whitaker, Kevin W ^a   Krishnakumar, K S ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; ENGINES; PROPULSION; SPACE SHUTTLES;

COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; COMPONENT FAILURES; CONDITIONING MONITORING; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION INTENSITY; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION CLASSIFIERS; SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINES; SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENTATION;

RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

EID: 84961956345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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