FMTC Workshop: Reliability Estimation of Physically inspired Models (Relimod)

Program

Physically inspired models are a useful means for designing better machines and vehicles. They allow for a faster control design and verification of the correct operation of the machine/vehicle through virtual tests. But how can we incorporate the different behavior of multiple machines of the same type in a single model? Or how can we rely on a model, if we do not know to what extent its behavior deviates from reality? For example, what guarantee do we have that a model-based control design will produce the expected performance on the actual machine? Or in an end-of-line test, can we use a model to evaluate whether the observed machine behavior is within acceptable tolerances? So an understanding of the reliability of the model and its parameters is necessary.
In the Relimod project, an approach is developed and demonstrated that allows quantifying the reliability (uncertainty) of the output of physically inspired models and their parameters based on a certain set of experiments performed on a realization of the mechatronic system.

13:00 Welcome & Introduction, Wim Symens, Technical director at FMTC
13:10 A systematic integrated methodology to increase safety and reliability of mechatronic systems, Bey-Temsamani Abdel, Project manager at FMTC
13:30 Invited speaker: Model-based functional safety concept for an EV (Electric Vehicle) use case, Bert Dexters, Account Manager at Flanders’ DRIVE
14:00 Enhanced functional reliability prediction, Kristof Boerjan, Team leader at Televic Rail
14:30 Coffee pause
15:00 Invited speaker: Feedback on FIDES (reliability prediction) method application in French military programs, Denis Tourtelier, Expert on electronics reliability, Attached to the French Ministry of Defense
15:45 Accelerated life testing and reliability, Vital Driesen, Business development manager at Jabil Circuit Belgium
16:15 Towards a model-based functional safety verification and validation, Bjorn Aelvoet, Project leader embedded systems and functional safety at Spicer off-highway product group
16:45 Concluding session & Network drink 

Location: FMTC, Celestijnenlaan 300, 3001 Heverlee