Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery for Engineering Systems Health Management

CHAPTER 8

Physics-Based Methods of Failure Analysis and Diagnostics in Human Space Flight

Vadim N. Smelyanskiy, Dmitry G. Luchinsky, Vasyl V. Hafiychuk, Viatcheslav V. Osipov, Igor Kulikov, and Ann Patterson-Hine

CONTENTS

8.1    Introduction

8.2    Dynamical Inference of Stochastic Nonlinear Models

8.3    The Lorenz System

8.3.1    Parameter Estimation with Strong Dynamical Noise

8.3.2    Model Reconstruction with Strong Dynamical Noise

8.4    The Three Tank Problem

8.5    In-Flight Decision Support for SRMS

8.5.1    Internal Ballistics of SRMs

8.5.2    Estimation of the Parameters of Nozzle Blocking

8.5.3    Predicting “Misses” in the Fault Detection

8.6    Modal Dynamics Based Damage Detection

8.6.1    Mathematical Model of Pristine Plate ...