Modelling and Testing for Condition Monitoring

This practical course will teach you to combine simulations and experiments to answer fundamental questions regarding normal and abnormal behaviour of different systems. During this 2 day course students apply a model-based approach to develop diagnostics to detect faults in a variety of vehicle systems. This is achieved by composing physics models to simulate healthy and faulty conditions and designing experiments to validate said models. Simulations and experimental data are then used to create diagnostic algorithms and to evaluate the accuracy of fault detection algorithms. The course is constructed around two use cases to which the students will apply the techniques taught in this course: aircraft fuel system and electromechanical linear actuators. Students will work in groups to produce models, conduct experiments, validate the models, and generate diagnostic rules. Data is collected using test rigs at the facilities of the IVHM Centre.