System and method of using mechanical systems prognostic indicators for aircraft maintenance

• Main Authors: Hawley, Megan, Reddy, Abraham, Schimmel, Craig, Au, Kwong Wing, Dietrich, Paul Frederick, Kim, Kyusung, Ranade, Piyush, Lilly, David Daniel, Vechart, Andrew Peter, Bharadwaj, Raj Mohan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.09.2024
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; AVIATION; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTING; COSMONAUTICS; COUNTING; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSPORTING; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS

A method in an aircraft of using prognostic indicators for aircraft maintenance includes retrieving aircraft health data for a plurality of aircraft components wherein the aircraft health data includes at least one of mechanical systems condition indicator (CI) data, vibration spectrum data, resampled time-domain (RTD) data, and RTD spectrum data. The method includes estimating component health status information for the plurality of aircraft components using a plurality of prognostic modules wherein each prognostic module is configured to generate health status information for at least one of the aircraft components, the health status information includes at least one of a current health indicator and a prognostic indicator. The method also includes storing the component health status information for the aircraft components in a database onboard the aircraft, and causing the display of the health status information for the specific component on an aircraft display.