World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 2011

Determining a Dynamic Maintenance Threshold Using Maintenance Options


Michael Pecht1 , Peter Sandborn1, Gilbert Haddad1
1CALCE, Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA

Abstract:

Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) enabled maintenance is considered to be the most recent phase in the evolution of maintenance paradigms. It enables outcome-based contracts, dynamic warranties, maintenance-optimized availability, among other benefits. PHM enables flexibility whereby the decision-maker can choose from a set of options arising after prognostic indication in order to manage its health. This paper proposes a methodology to determine a dynamic maintenance threshold for a fleet or for individual systems in order to meet an availability requirement. Placing a dynamic threshold for maintenance allows the maximization of returns from assets and accounts for multiple sources of uncertainty.

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