The IMD HUMS as a tool for rotorcraft health management and diagnostics

Author

Hess, Robert ; Duke, Alan ; Kogut, David

Author_Institution

Fuel & Utility Syst., BFGoodrich Aerosp., Vergennes, VT, USA

Volume

6

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3039

Abstract

The current generation BFGoodrich Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics Health and Usage Monitoring System (IMD HUMS) is the result of many years of development on earlier programs. The resulting system provides an extensive set of functions to support rotorcraft health and diagnostics processing. These functions support rotor track and balance operations, gearbox and drivetrain mechanical diagnostics, operational and structural usage, exceedance detection and processing and engine power assurance checks. The system is comprised of both onboard, flightworthy LRUs which perform the requisite realtime data acquisition, analysis, display and storage, supplemented with networked ground-based workstations which provide maintainer configuration and maintenance management functions along with specialized diagnostics tools. The system is being fielded on a number of helicopter platforms. These programs demonstrate the capabilities of the IMD HUMS as a tool for rotorcraft health management and diagnostics

Keywords

aircraft computers; aircraft displays; aircraft maintenance; computerised monitoring; condition monitoring; data acquisition; helicopters; open systems; vibration measurement; control display unit; crash survivable memory; drivetrain mechanical diagnostics; engine power assurance checks; gearbox mechanical diagnostics; health and usage monitoring system; health management and diagnostics; integrated mechanical diagnostics; maintainer configuration; maintenance management function; networked ground-based workstations; open design; operational usage; realtime data acquisition; rotor track and balance; rotorcraft; structural usage; vibration data; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Displays; Engines; Helicopters; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Power system management; Rotors; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2001, IEEE Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6599-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2001.931323

Filename

931323