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Aircraft Structural Monitoring System

The document discusses the design of a structural health monitoring system for aircraft. The goals are to monitor damage detection and location, remaining lifetime evaluation, and failure prediction. Benefits include more efficient maintenance and reduced downtime. The project aims to develop specifications for a demonstrator using sensors like fiber optic and piezoelectric transducers. The system would process data using techniques like feature extraction and statistical modeling to detect defects in real-time and alert operators. Constraints include gaining industrial access and reducing experimental errors.

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Aircraft Structural Monitoring System

The document discusses the design of a structural health monitoring system for aircraft. The goals are to monitor damage detection and location, remaining lifetime evaluation, and failure prediction. Benefits include more efficient maintenance and reduced downtime. The project aims to develop specifications for a demonstrator using sensors like fiber optic and piezoelectric transducers. The system would process data using techniques like feature extraction and statistical modeling to detect defects in real-time and alert operators. Constraints include gaining industrial access and reducing experimental errors.

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Designing an aircraft structural health monitoring system

2011-2012

Structural health monitoring:

A process of diagnosis and monitoring condition of structures normally performed during any operation under various conditions. A process of follow-up over changes in the condition of a structure.

In Aerospace Applications..

of evaluating the integrity of targeted structural elements with the goals to provide maintenance and ownership benefits.
Damage

A process

Monitoring Monitoring

Operational

Main Objectives of SHM


law! ault Detection and "ocation $emaining "ifetime %valuation! ailure &rediction law! ault #dentificatio n

law! ault Monitoring

law! ault Assessment

Benefits for the present aviation industry


More efficient and effective maintenance Procedures with substantially reduced downtime. Substantial time savings approx by 4 ! to inspect structures which are in difficult to access areas or in remote locations. "ncreased Occupational health and safety benefits in accessing structures Provide the operator with information as to possible safe further operation subse#uent to a mishap. "mproved design efficiencies through the availability of continual monitoring and are more reliable.

Condition based Maintenance

Time Based Maintenance

Project Aim
'o produce a comprehensive specifications for a practical development of ()M demonstrator by

Ac*uiring #nformation on the design and operation of ()M systems. #ndustrial access for practical +nowledge. Auto,AD

SHM Wor ing Process


&rocedure Development (ensing Diagnosis Monitoring &rediction

Different equipments used in SHM

!ibre "#tic Sensor

Pie$oelectric transducers

SHM conceptual design process

-est structural element selection for ()M application (tudy damage detection characteristics of the selected ()M technologies

#dentify current inspection re*uirements to be replaced by the selected ()M technology

Develop conceptual ()M application to fulfil the identified inspection re*uirements

'echnology maturity assessment

%valuate the ()M application against current inspection tas+

Operational analysis of the developed ()M application

Com#onents to #rocess SHM


Operational %valuation Data Ac*uisition. usion. and ,leansing eature %/traction and #nformation ,ondensation

(tatistical-Model Development for eature Discrimination

Project objecti%es

'o 0nderstanding the mechanism for the crac+ growth and wor+ing of sensors.

'o gain industrial access. 'o provide a detailed schematic layout of the e/perimental system.

$esearch on the various ()M systems for critical aspects.

Final outcome

$eal time health monitoring

Detect the defects and damage in the structure at si1es smaller

than those currently assumed for design and certification


Alert the pilot!operator to in-flight incidents %nable monitoring of the growth of defects and damage $educe effective inspection intervals

Constrains

'o gain industrial contacts. Mathematical errors increases the number of e/periments for the proposed system.

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