Defence Science and Technology Group  

13th Defence Science & Technology (DST) International Conference on Health and Usage Monitoring

  ETMC
 

HUMS2023 Papers and Program

 

 
 

Day 1 Program and Papers

AEDT Monday, 27 February 2023
22:30
 
HUMS events of Day 1 ended
 
08:00 – Registrations Open, Promenade, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
 
 
 
Grand Ballroom
 
08:45
 
 
 
Congress Opening
 
 
 
09:05
 
AIAC Plenary presentation
Katherine Bennell-Pegg (Australian Space Agency)
 
09:35
 
AIAC Plenary presentation: Environmental Impact Assessment of Future Aircraft Concepts
Dr Dimitri Mavris (Georgia Institute of Technology)
 
10:05
 
AIAC Plenary presentation: Air and Space Resilience for Defence Platforms
Dr Alex Shekhter (Defence Science and Technology Group)
 
10:35 – Morning Tea
 
 
 
 
 
Arthur Streeton Auditorium
 
 
 
HUMS Opening and HUMS Session
Chairs: Joanna Kappas (DST Group), & Eric Bechhoefer (GPMS, USA)
 
11:00
 
Keynote Presentation: How to Go from ArXiV to an Aircraft Carrier
Dr Katie Rainey (Naval Information Warfare Centre Pacific)
 
11:30
 
Domain-driven Residual Useful Life Estimation
Mr Navid Zaman (PHM Technology)
view paper
 
11:50
 
Accelerated Gearbox Degradation Monitoring using a Combination of Vibration and Acoustic Emission Features
Dr Cristobal Ruiz-Carcel (Cranfield University)
view paper
 
12:10
 
In-service recalibration of the 737-AEW&C Wedgetail Operational Loads Monitoring System
Mr David Craze (Boeing Defence Australia), Flight Lieutenant Owen Hamilton (Royal Australian Air Force)
 
12:30
 
Data--driven Prognostics and Diagnostics for Turbofan engine
Dr Emmanuel Blanchard (MathWorks)
view paper
 
12:50 – Lunch
 
 
 
Grand Ballroom
 
13:30
 
 
 
AIAC Panel Discussion: Unlocking value through diversity
The Diversity and Inclusion Panel will share and highlight different perspectives, as well as advice on how we can work together towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive industry. The Panel will feature the voices of leaders from some of Australia's most respected aerospace businesses. They will discuss practical, case-based insights into advancing and innovating within their own organisations, and how others can align diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives with regards to talent management and business strategy.
Liesl Harris (Dronamics)
Julia Lang (RMIT University)
Sarah McSwiney (Boeing Defence Australia)
Dr Katie Rainey (Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific)
Moderator: Lea Vesic (RMIT University)

 
 
 
14:10
 
 
 
Fitzroy Ballroom
 
Arthur Streeton Auditorium
 
 
 
HUMS: Data Challenge
Chair: Dr Wenyi Wang (DST Group)
 
HUMS: Sensors/SHM
Chair: Prof Nick Lieven (University of Bristol, UK)
 
14:10
 

DSTG Planet Gear Rim Crack Propagation Test
Dr David Blunt (Defence Science and Technology Group)
presentation

view paper
 
Using accurate online oil condition monitoring sensor data to improve HUMS
Mr Greg Horwich (Gastops Ltd)
view paper
 
14:30
 
Teams Present their Submissions

arbitrary order of presentation
IoT Consultants
submission details
 
DSRS
submission details
 
Cranfield
submission details
 
KU Leuven [4]
[4]Runner Up Best Trending Capability
submission details
 
MLDS Deakin
submission details
 
A few teams who submitted chose not to publish their results.

 
Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing and Adhesion Strategies for Strain Evaluation of an Aircraft Structure
Mr Gerard Natividad (Defence Science and Technology Group)
view paper
 
14:50
 
Photonic integrated circuit compatible interrogation methods for low SWaP optical fibre strain sensing[5]
Dr Luke Broadley (RMIT University)
view paper
[5]Winner Best HUMS Paper
 
15:10
 
An Innovative High-Fidelity Approach to Structural Health Monitoring
Dr Oleg Levinski (Defence Science and Technology Group)
view paper
 
15:30
 
Potential uses for the Fatigue Damage Spectrum (FDS) in test specification and Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS)
Mark Warren (Softwire Systems Pty Ltd)
view paper
 
15:50 – Afternoon Tea
 
16:10
 
 
 
Fitzroy Ballroom
 
Arthur Streeton Auditorium
 
 
 
16:10
 
HUMS: Data Challenge
Chair: Dr David Blunt (DST Group)
 
HUMS: Diagnostics and Prognostics
Chair: Dr Wade Smith (University of New South Wales)
 
16:10
 
Teams Present their Submissions
arbitrary order of presentation
more above
 
IoT Consultants
submission details
 
NRCC-AERO-SMPL-01
submission details
 
Foresight-GPMS[3]
[3]Runner Up Earliest Convincing Detection
submission details
 
LockheedMartin-RMS-DAI
submission details
 
VU Brussel[1][2]
[1]Winner Earliest Convincing Detection
[2]Winner Best Trending Capability
submission details
 
MathWorks AU
submission details
 
Accenture-Avanade
submission details

 
Enhanced multi-order probabilistic approach for rotation speed estimation using the short-time Iterative Adaptive Approach
Mr Cédric Peeters (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
view paper
 
16:30
 
Meaningful prognostics of degraded rolling element bearings
Dr Andrew Becker (Defence Science and Technology Group)
view paper
 
16:50
 
Comparison of vibration and transmission error in gear crack diagnostics
Dr Zhan Yie Chin (University of New South Wales)
view paper
 
17:10
 

DSTG Benchmark Analysis
Dr Wenyi Wang (Defence Science and Technology Group)
presentation
 
The Application of an Inductive Wear Debris Sensor System to Diesel Engines
Dr James Harris (Defence Science and Technology Group)
view paper
 
17:30 End of Day 1 sessions
 
18:30 - 22:30
 
 
 
The Bank on Collins
 
 
 
HUMS Dinner
394 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
 

Day 2 Program and Papers

AEDT Tuesday, 28 February 2023
22:30
 
HUMS events of Day 2 ended. Day 3 at Avalon.
 
08:00 – Registrations Open, Promenade, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
 
 
 
Grand Ballroom
 
09:00
 
 
 
Welcome to Day 2
 
 
 
09:05
 
AIAC Plenary presentation
Dr Phil Crothers and Heidi Hauf (Boeing)
 
09:35
 
AIAC Plenary presentation: Contemporary challenges facing a military aviation safety regulator
Air Commodore Joe Medved (Defence Aviation Safety Authority)
 
10:05
 
AIAC Plenary presentation
Dan Dumbacher (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
 
10:35 – Morning Tea
 
 
 
 
 
Fitzroy Ballroom
 
 
 
HUMS Session
Chair: Prof. Konstantinos Gryllias (KU Leuven, Belgium)
 
11:00
 
Application of data analytics to support structural life of type extension of the RAAF KC-30A MRTT
Mr Laurie Dart (Northrop Grumman Australia)
view paper
 
11:30
 
Natural language processing for identification of ground truth events in data curation
Mr Nathan Rigoni (Lockheed Martin USA)
view paper
 
11:50
 
A Process for Calculating the Remaining Useful Life of the HUMS2023 Challenge Problem
Dr Eric Bechhoefer (GPMS)
view paper
 
12:10
 
Signal processing informed deep learning for failure detection in a fleet of multi-stage planetary gearboxes with limited knowledge about characteristic frequencies
Prof. Jan Helsen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
view paper
 
12:30
 
Knowledge extraction and inference made better through Digital and AI technologies
Dr Behrouz Khabbaz Beheshti (Avanade)

 
12:50 – Lunch
 
 
 
Grand Ballroom
 
13:30
 
 
 
AIAC Panel Discussion: Flight path for AAM
The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry is seen as the new and emerging sector of aviation and will ultimately transform our way of travel. What does this emerging industry offer us and why should the community care? The panel will foster a thoughtful discussion about the opportunities and challenges of planning, integrating, scaling, and governing advanced air mobility to create a path for the future that this industry demands.
Dr Reece Clothier (RMIT University)
Dr Adriano Di Pietro (Swinburne University of Technology)
Liesl Harris (Dronamics)
Moderator: Dr Matt Marino (RMIT University)

 
 
 
14:10
 
 
 
Fitzroy Ballroom
 
Arthur Streeton Auditorium
 
 
 
HUMS: Data Science/Analytics
Chair: Mr Daniel Wade (Lockheed Martin, USA)
 
HUMS: System Diagnostics & Platform Asset Management
Chair: Prof Jan Helsen (VU Brussel, Belgium)
 
14:10
 
An industrial unsupervised Machine Learning model combined with a signal processing approach to detect failures in complex rotating assemblies
Dr Michel Boussemart (IoT Consultants)
view paper
 
Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) Certification under the Defence Aviation Safety Regulations (DASR)
Mr Adrian Jackson (QinetiQ),
Mr Nathan Poyner (Defence Aviation Safety Authority)

view slides
 
14:30
 
Bringing together Data and Physics to detect and predict gear failures
Dr Behrouz Khabbaz Beheshti (Avanade)
view paper
 
Successful Predictive Maintenance
Dr Peter Brady (MathWorks, Australia)
view paper
 
14:50
 
Aircraft fleet readiness optimisation using reinforcement learning: a proof of concept
Mr Kilian Vos (University of New South Wales)
view paper
 
Handling interconnected cascading Risks: an interoperable holistic Framework
Prof Karamjit Kaur (University of South Australia),
Dr Matt Selway (University of South Australia)

view paper
 
15:10
 
Change Detection for Improved Maintenance Notification and Remaining Useful Life Calculation
Dr Eric Bechhoefer (GPMS)
view paper
 
Bearing-Fault Signature Generation for Equipment Health Monitoring using a seven degree-of-freedom Bearing-Vibration-Model under non-steady Conditions
Mr Philip Schildt (Rolls-Royce Electrical, RMIT University, RH Aachen University of Applied Sciences)
view paper
 
15:30
 
Embedding signal processing knowledge in neural networks- An application to gear diagnostics
Pietro Borghesani (UNSW)
view paper
 
Diagnostics and tracking of bearing’s degradation in a helicopter driveline using cyclostationary methods
Mr Alexandre Mauricio (KU Leuven),
Prof Konstantinos Gryllias (KU Leuven)

view paper
 
15:50 - Afternoon Tea
 
16:10
 
 
 
Fitzroy Ballroom
 
Arthur Streeton Auditorium
 
 
 
16:10
 
HUMS: Data Science/Analytics
Chair: Dr Cédric Peeters (VU Brussel, Belgium)
 
HUMS: Standards/Structures/Sensors
Chair: Dr Pietro Borghesani (University of New South Wales)
 
16:10
 
A general Bayesian predictive maintenance methodology
Dr Jane Cullum
view paper
 
Development of a standard data format for rotorcraft integrated vehicle health management
Mr Dan Wade (Lockheed Martin),
Mr Paul Marsden (Defence Science and Technology Group)

view slides
 
16:30
 
Automated feature selection for multi-channel anomaly detection
Mr Leonard Whitehead (Defence Science and Technology Group)
view paper
 
Transfer Learning for Flight Load Estimation
Mrs Halide Goknur Aydogan (RMIT University)
view paper
 
16:50
 
Practical Predictive Maintenance Workflows
Peter Brady (MathWorks)
view paper
 

Session TBA
 
17:10
 
HUMS Closing
 
17:30 End of Day 2 sessions
 
18:30 - 22:30
 
 
 
RACV City Club
 
 
 
Congress Dinner
501 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
 

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