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A Prognosis-Centered Intelligent Maintenance Optimization Framework Under Uncertain Failure Threshold
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Reliability IEEE Trans. Rel. Reliability, IEEE Transactions on. 73(1):115-130 Mar, 2024
Subject
Computing and Processing
General Topics for Engineers
Maintenance engineering
Degradation
Inspection
Reliability
Costs
Optimization
Windows
Decision-making
intelligent maintenance
inspection optimization
lifetime prognosis
maintenance
reliability evaluation
Language
ISSN
0018-9529
1558-1721
Abstract
Condition-based maintenance (CBM), as a key component of asset health management, is crucial to enhance the operational safety and availability of diverse mechatronic systems, such as railway vehicles, wind power equipment, nuclear devices, etc. A common phenomenon observed in CBM is the existence of dispersibility regarding degradation-induced failure threshold, which affects the precision of maintenance decisions. This article addresses such challenges by scheduling a prognosis-centered intelligent CBM policy, which harnesses dynamic lifetime information to support both scheduled and opportunistic maintenance decision-making. The degradation is characterized by a generalized-form stochastic process, and the lifetime distribution is assessed through the fusion of multiple uncertainties. A dynamic reliability criterion is set to determine whether and when to postpone maintenance, whose interval is controlled by the remaining lifetime as well as an optimizable safety coefficient. The postponement interval, in turn, enables the planning of opportunistic maintenance to mitigate system downtime. The operational cost rate is minimized through the joint optimization of the inspection interval, conditional reliability threshold, and safety coefficient. The superiorities of the proposed policy over some conventional/heuristic maintenance policies are demonstrated by a case study on filed maintenance planning of high-speed train bearing.