25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-9.8.3

USING DETECTION INDICES (DIS) TO DETECT AIR VEHICLE CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES FOR HUMS APPLICATION

E. C. J. Lee, G. F. Forsyth, C. Bil*
Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia; *RMIT Univ., Australia

Keywords: Detection Indices; Autocorrelation; Cross-Correlation; and SmartHUMS Unit

This paper presents the application of DIs to monitor the health and usage of an Air Vehicle. The two DIs described in this paper utilise Autocorrelation and Cross-Correlation. The described DIs will be imbedded in a miniaturised HUMS unit, currently under development by DSTO in cooperation with GPSOnline Pty Ltd.

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