A case study of physical diagnosis for aircraft engines

This paper examines an ongoing research and development project which deals with identification, control and diagnosis in aircraft engines. Within these topics, this paper focuses on physical diagnosis, where one of the main motivations of the project is to introduce innovation and update techniques currently used in industry. Several fault diagnosis methods are considered and compared in terms of their possible application to the project. Further details are provided for the parametric statistical approach which, according to this initial study, is one approach flexible enough and with good foundations in order to achieve the desired objectives