GRADE-LIFE PROGNOSTIC MODEL OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEARING

Research on practical and verifiable prediction methods for the service life of bearings plays a critical role in improving the reliability and safety of aircraft engines. The concept of grade-life （GL） is introduced to de- scribe the service life of bearings. A GL prognostic model for aircraft engine bearings is proposed based on sup- port vector machine （SVM） and fuzzy logic inference. Firstly, the mathematical model is discussed to predict the physics-based GL （PGL）. Then, the diagnostic estimation model based on SVM is presented in detail to predict the empirical GL （EPL）. Thirdly, a fuzzy logic inference is adopted to fuse two GL predicted results. Finally, the GL prognostic model is verified by the run-to-failure data acquired from an accelerated life test of an aircraft bearing. The results show that the model provides a more practical and reliable prediction for the service life of bearings.

仿生多胞薄壁管耐撞性分析及优化

为提高薄壁管结构耐撞性,以雀尾螳螂虾螯为仿生原型,结合仿生学设计方法,设计一种含正弦胞元的多胞薄壁管结构。以初始峰值载荷、比吸能和碰撞力效率为耐撞性指标,通过有限元数值模拟分析了不同碰撞角度(0°、10°、20°和30°)条件下,仿生胞元数对薄壁管耐撞性的影响,通过多目标的复杂比例评估法获取仿生薄壁管的最优胞元数。基于不同碰撞角度权重因子组合,设置了4种单一角度工况和3种多角度工况,采用多目标粒子群优化方法获取了不同工况下薄壁管结构最优胞元高宽比和壁厚。复杂比例评估结果表明,胞元数为4的薄壁管为最优晶胞数仿生薄壁管。优化结果表明,单一角度工况下,最优结构参数高宽比的范围为0.88~1.50,壁厚的范围为0.36~0.60 mm,碰撞角度为0°和10°的最优高宽比明显小于碰撞角度为20°和30°的;多角度工况下,最优高宽比范围为1.01~1.10,壁厚范围为0.49~0.57 mm。