TED-Turbine Engine Diagnostics: an expert diagnostic system for the M1 Abrams AGT1500 turbine engine

Author

Helfman, Richard ; Dumer, John ; Hanratty, Timothy

Author_Institution

AMSRL-CI-CA, US Army Res. Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

20-23 Feb 1995

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

185

Abstract

TED (Turbine Engine Diagnostics) is a diagnostic expert system to aid the M1 Abrams´ mechanic find and fix problems in the AGT1500 turbine engine. TED was designed and built by the US Army Research Laboratory and the US Army Ordnance Center. Limited fielding was begun in July 1994 to selected National Guard Units, with eventual fielding to 28 National Guard units. Active units of the US Army will receive TED in January 1996. Several foreign countries are expected to use TED for their M1 tank maintenance. TED was designed to provide the apprentice mechanic the ability to diagnose and repair the turbine engine like an expert mechanic. The US Army Ordnance center has estimated that TED will save over $8 million annually by enhancing the M1 mechanic´s diagnostic capabilities

Keywords

diagnostic expert systems; mechanical engineering; mechanical engineering computing; military computing; turbines; turbogenerators; M1 Abrams AGT1500 turbine engine; M1 tank maintenance; TED; Turbine Engine Diagnostics; US Army; apprentice mechanic; diagnostic capabilities; expert diagnostic system; Collaboration; Costs; Diagnostic expert systems; Engines; Laboratories; Land vehicles; Logistics; Turbines; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence for Applications, 1995. Proceedings., 11th Conference on

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7070-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIA.1995.378774

Filename

378774