CAREER: Adaptive Operational Coordination Methodology for Uncertainty Reduction in Product Life Cycle Reliability and Service Logistics

这个教师早期职业发展（CAREER）项目的研究目标是开发一个有凝聚力的，自适应的操作协调方法，减少产品生命周期可靠性和服务物流的整体不确定性。 该方法包括三个阶段：鲁棒加速试验（AT），AT增强的基于状态的维修，和操作协调，每一个都需要自己的数学模型和计算工具。 特别是，该方法提供了一种新的最优试验设计方法，用于规划鲁棒AT，初步降低了产品可靠性估计中的不确定性，随机）操作条件。 基于精确的可靠性估计，将开发数学和统计模型，以实现产品可靠性的实时控制。 通过纳入有关服务延迟的信息，将沿着产品可靠性的实时控制来调整维护和物流流程，以减少所涉及的总体不确定性。 该方法将通过正在进行的风能研究进行验证，包括风力涡轮机测试台的开发以及与领先的行业合作伙伴的合作。 如果成功，这项研究将导致可靠性测试，基于状态的维护和服务物流的基本贡献，因为它集成到一个更有效和可行的框架不相交的任务。 从本质上讲，对产品生命周期中自适应协调的理解的增加将彻底改变当前需要先进数学工具的研究方向和行业实践。 此外，这项研究将支持美国可再生能源技术的开发和使用，作为国家优先事项，以实现能源安全和独立。 它将对多个工程领域产生积极影响，如复合材料、传感器、控制和电力系统。 最后，在多学科环境中计划的教育活动将帮助学生和工作专业人员获得分析和实验技能以及系统思维能力，以满足社会需求。

The research objective of this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project is to develop a cohesive, adaptive operational coordination methodology for overall uncertainty reduction in product life cycle reliability and service logistics. The methodology consists of three stages: robust accelerated testing (AT), AT-enhanced condition based maintenance, and operational coordination, each of which needs its own mathematical models and computational tools. In particular, this methodology offers a new optimal experimental design approach for planning robust AT that preliminarily reduces the uncertainty in product reliability estimate under generic (e.g., stochastic) operating conditions. Based on the refined reliability estimate, mathematical and statistical models will be developed to enable the real-time control of product reliability. By incorporating the information about service delays, maintenance and logistic processes will be adjusted along with the real-time control of product reliability to reduce the overall uncertainty involved. The methodology will be validated through ongoing wind energy research involving wind turbine test bed development and collaboration with leading industry partners. If successful, this research will lead to fundamental contributions to reliability testing, condition based maintenance, and service logistics, as it integrates disjoint tasks into a more efficient and viable framework. Essentially, the increased understanding of adaptive coordination in a product life cycle will make radical changes to the current research direction and industry practices that demand advanced mathematical tools. Moreover, this research will support the development and use of renewable energy technologies in the US, as a national priority, for energy security and independence. It will positively impact multiple engineering fields, such as composites materials, sensors, controls, and power systems. Finally, the planned educational activities in a multidisciplinary environment will help students and working professionals acquire both analytical and experimental skills as well as systems thinking capabilities to meet societal needs.