Ian’s career spans over 30 years, working mostly for a variety of gas turbine companies. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree and a PhD in CFD both from Imperial College, London. He has worked for Rolls-Royce (twice), General Electric and Alstom in a number of technical roles, gaining experience in aerodynamics, heat transfer, fluid systems, mechanical design, combustion, services and IVHM. He moved to Cranfield in July 2008 as Professor and Director of the newly formed IVHM Centre. The Centre is funded by a number of industrial companies, including Boeing, BAe Systems, Rolls-Royce, Thales, Meggitt, MOD and Alstom Transport. He has led the development and growth of the Centre, in research and education, over the last three years. The Centre offers a short course in IVHM and the world’s first IVHM MSc, begun in 2011.

Ian is on the editorial Board for the International Journal of Condition Monitoring, a Director of the PHM Society, contributing member of the SAE IVHM Steering Group and HM-1 IVHM committee, a Fellow of IMechE, RAeS and ASME. He is the editor of the recent book: IVHM – Perspectives on an Emerging Field.

Abstract

The Civil Aircraft of the Future - IVHM enabled

The goals that are being set for aviation growth in the near future, combined with the growth in service provision, are unattainable without active health management of airplanes. Numbers associated with door to door travel time and accident rates, coupled with availability demands to provide cost-effective transport, simply do not allow time for unscheduled maintenance. Therefore we are going to experience a step jump in the take up of Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) on these platforms in order to give accurate warning of sub-system and component degradation, allowing for maintenance to be carried out in a timely, scheduled, manner.

The presentation will describe the development of IVHM. It will examine the historical basis for the subject, covering emerging services, standards, technology and IVHM as used in various industry sectors. This will lead to the commercial picture of today with the top level goals that are being set, providing the business push for the technology, balanced with the current status. Finally, examples of research being conducted in the field will be shown, to support the claim that real progress is being made with implementation of this technology on the horizon.