Vol. 12 No. 3 (2021): IJPHM and JAERO Joint Special Issue on PHM for Aerospace Systems

The International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management (IJPHM) is the premier journal of multidisciplinary research on Prognostics, Diagnostics, and System Health Management. IJPHM is online, open access, and has no fees whatsoever to publish.

The SAE International Journal of Aerospace is the preeminent source for peer-reviewed, cutting-edge engineering research within the aerospace industry. The journal is an essential resource for anyone in academia, industry, or government seeking the latest studies and technology in aerospace engineering. In addition to being identified as some of the best published technical papers on current technology, the Journal archives historic findings and illuminates the future of aerospace engineering and how we plan to get there. The journal covers a range of subject areas, including propulsion, safety and reliability, software, systems, rotorcraft, maintenance, and general aviation.

Topics of Interest:

  • Survey papers highlighting existing PHM approaches in aerospace
  • Financial impact and cost-benefit analysis for deploying PHM in aerospace
  • Condition-based maintenance and MRO practices linked to PHM
  • Tools developed for diagnostics and prognostics
  • Analytical techniques for PHM
  • PHM Standards vs. PHM guidelines vs. PHM best practices
  • PHM applied to electrical and autonomous aircraft
  • Deploying PHM in the commercial and military applications
  • Structural health management for aircraft systems
  • Certification of PHM functions and relationship to maintenance credits
  • Standards for PHM in aerospace systems
  • Digital transformation and its impact for aerospace systems

Published: 2021-03-24

Technical Papers

The Need for Aerospace Structural Health Monitoring

Graham Wild, Luke Pollock, Ayah Khalid Abdelwahab, John Murray
Abstract 40755 | PDF Downloads 1656 | DOI https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i3.2368

Online decision making and path planning framework for safe operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in urban scenarios

Marcos Quiñones-Grueiro, Gautam Biswas, Ibrahim Ahmed, Timothy Darrah, Chetan Kulkarni
Abstract 715 | PDF Downloads 560 | DOI https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i3.2953

Prognostics for Autonomous Electric-Propulsion Aircraft

Johann Schumann, Chetan Kulkarni, Michael Lowry, Anupa Bajwa, Christopher Teubert, Jason Watkins
Abstract 657 | PDF Downloads 1285 | DOI https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i3.2940

Results of a Feasibility Study of a Prognostic System for Electro-Hydraulic Flight Control Actuators

Sylvain Autin, Andrea De Martin, Giovanni Jacazio, Jérôme Socheleau, George Vachtsevanos
Abstract 738 | PDF Downloads 456 | DOI https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i3.2935

Fmdtools

Daniel Hulse, Hannah Walsh, Andy Dong, Christopher Hoyle, Irem Tumer, Chetan Kulkarni, Kai Goebel
Abstract 735 | PDF Downloads 586 | DOI https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i3.2954

An Uncertainty Quantification Framework for Autonomous System Tracking and Health Monitoring

Matteo Corbetta, Chetan Kulkarni, Portia Banerjee, Elinirina Robinson
Abstract 693 | PDF Downloads 577 | DOI https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i3.2936

Communications

Joint Special Issue on PHM for Aerospace Systems

Chetan S Kulkarni, Kai Goebel
Abstract 3259 | PDF Downloads 5642 | DOI https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i3.2941