This paper presents a numerical study of the acoustic shielding of aeroengine noise by the aircraft structure. More specifically, the engines considered are contra-rotating open rotors in pusher mode which are installed at the rear of the aircraft. Several empennage designs and engine positions are evaluated. An original method for the calculation of engine noise installation effects is present...

This paper investigates the integration of on-line and offline diagnostic algorithms for aircraft gas turbine engines. The on-line diagnostic algorithm is designed for in-flight fault detection. It continuously monitors engine outputs for anomalous signatures induced by faults. The off-line diagnostic algorithm is designed to track engine health degradation over the lifetime of an engine. It es...

The paper presents a type of observer based on reduced to minimum set of engine parameters measured directly: turbine-compressor rotational speed, engine inlet air pressure and temperature and atmospheric pressure. Results of application in analysis of data recorded during engine operation in non-stationary states of SO-3 engine (powering TS-11 Iskra aircraft) are presented. Possibilities of th...

This paper describes a case study of model-based diagnostics system development for an aircraft Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) turbine system. The off-line diagnostics algorithms described in the paper work with historical data of a flight cycle. The diagnostics algorithms use detailed turbine engine systems models and fault model knowledge available to an engine manufacturer. The developed algorit...

This report presents an application of the recently developed theory of optimal Discrete Event Supervisory (DES) control that is based on a signed real measure of regular languages. The DES control techniques are validated on an aircraft gas turbine engine simulation test bed. The test bed is implemented on a networked computer system in which two computers operate in the client-server mode. Se...