An exemplary method for determining a remaining life expectancy of a brake component includes the steps of providing vehicle parameters that identify operating conditions of a vehicle, using the vehicle parameters to determine work done by a brake of the vehicle as brake work, using the brake work to determine brake rotor temperature, using the brake rotor temperature to determine a fatigue damage of the brake component, accumulating the fatigue damage to determine a cumulative fatigue damage of the brake component, and comparing the cumulative fatigue damage to a damage limit to provide an estimation of the remaining life expectancy of the brake component.
BRAKE COMPONENT PROGNOSIS
02.04.2020
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Aircraft brake and tire condition diagnosis and prognosis
Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
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