System and Method for Providing Real-Time Prediction of Time to Fatigue Failure Under Stochastic Loading

A system for predicting failure time of a mechanical system of interest in real-time, comprising the steps of:

• a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the mechanical system of interest;
• an artificial neural network system (120) comprising:
• a processor and a data store (145) configured to provide non-transitory instructions to the processor, which when executed by the processor provide:
• an artificial neural network (160);
• a training module (140) configured to train the artificial neural network;
• and
• a real-time prediction module (230), configured to:
• receive real-time data from the sensor;
• and
• convert the real-time data into an estimated failure time of the mechanical system of interest and a corresponding uncertainty quantification;
• and
• a reporting module configured to receive and display the estimated failure time and the uncertainty quantification.