Integration of Condition Based Maintenance in the Preventive Maintenance Planning of Rolling Stock

Planning rolling stock maintenance based on prognostic data (Condition Based Maintenance, CBM) is a trend since the ideal timing for maintenance before failure can be planned. With the use of prognostics, a failure can be predicted so Corrective Maintenance (CM) can be avoided. Traditional rolling stock decision-making for Preventive Maintenance...

Maximizing operational readiness in defense aviation by optimization of flight and maintenance planning

The primary objective of a defense aviation operator or air force, is to maximize its continued readiness to successfully perform military flight operations, whenever and wherever the home state or international community calls for it. In order to maintain a satisfactory level of operational readiness, air forces need to ensure that sufficient...

Strategie voor meerjarig wegonderhoud op autosnelwegen

In this research a decision model designed for the optimal planning of maintenance for road constructions to a particular section of a highway for a longer period. Optimal refers to the minimization of construction maintaining the required quality of the product and performance conditions. The optimization problem consists of assigning...

An optimization model for a Train-Free-Period planning for ProRail based on the maintenance needs of the Dutch railway infrastructure

The thesis reports on the Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail, on the literature study, on the determined Top 10 of maintenance activities that are determining the maintenance schedule, on the developing of the optimization model that finds such a maintenance schedule, and finally on the results and conclusions.