Combination Of Sensor Information Research Articles

A model to determining the remaining useful life of rotating equipment, based on a new approach to determining state of degradation

Condition assessment is one of the most significant techniques of the equipment’s health management. Also, in PHM methodology cycle, which is a developed form of CBM, condition assessment is the most important step of this cycle. In this paper, the remaining useful life of the equipment is calculated using the combination of sensor information, determination of degradation state and forecasting the proposed health index. The combination of sensor information has been carried out using a new approach to determining the probabilities in the Dempster-Shafer combination rules and fuzzy c-means clustering method. Using the simulation and forecasting of extracted vibration-based health index by autoregressive Markov regime switching (ARMRS) method, final health state is determined and the remaining useful life (RUL) is estimated. In order to evaluate the model, sensor data provided by FEMTO-ST Institute have been used.

Canadian teleoperated landmine detection systems. Part I: The improved landmine detection project

The system developed under the Improved Landmine Detector Project is a teleoperated, multi-sensor, vehicle-mounted mine detector for low metal content and non-metallic mines to meet the Canadian requirements for rear area mine clearance in combat situations and peace-keeping on roads and tracks. The system consists of a purpose-built teleoperated vehicle carrying a forward looking infrared imager, a 3 m wide, down-looking highly sensitive electro-magnetic induction detector and a 3 m wide down-looking ground probing radar, which all scan the ground in front of the vehicle. Scanning sensor information is combined using a suite of navigation sensors and custom designed navigation, spatial correspondence and data fusion algorithms. Suspicious targets are then confirmed by a thermal neutron analysis detector. Key to the success of the system is the combination of sensor information, which requires coordinated communication between the sensors and navigation system and well designed sensor co-registration, spatial correspondence and data fusion methodologies. The advanced development model was completed in October 1997. Results are presented from Canadian and independent US trials in summer 1998. Four production units, based on the prototype technology, were delivered to the Canadian Forces in 2002, making the system the first militarily fielded, teleoperated, multi-sensor vehicle-mounted mine detector.