A new SMART sensing system for aerospace structures

David C. Zhang; Pin Yu; Shawn Beard; Peter Qing; Amrita Kumar; Fu-Kuo Chang

doi:10.1117/12.720124

27 April 2007 A new SMART sensing system for aerospace structures

David C. Zhang, Pin Yu, Shawn Beard, Peter Qing, Amrita Kumar, Fu-Kuo Chang

Proceedings Volume 6561, Unmanned Systems Technology IX; 656107 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.720124
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

It is essential to ensure the safety and reliability of in-service structures such as unmanned vehicles by detecting structural cracking, corrosion, delamination, material degradation and other types of damage in time. Utilization of an integrated sensor network system can enable automatic inspection of such damages ultimately. Using a built-in network of actuators and sensors, Acellent is providing tools for advanced structural diagnostics. Acellent's integrated structural health monitoring system consists of an actuator/sensor network, supporting signal generation and data acquisition hardware, and data processing, visualization and analysis software. This paper describes the various features of Acellent's latest SMART sensing system. The new system is USB-based and is ultra-portable using the state-of-the-art technology, while delivering many functions such as system self-diagnosis, sensor diagnosis, through-transmission mode and pulse-echo mode of operation and temperature measurement. Performance of the new system was evaluated for assessment of damage in composite structures.

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David C. Zhang, Pin Yu, Shawn Beard, Peter Qing, Amrita Kumar, and Fu-Kuo Chang "A new SMART sensing system for aerospace structures", Proc. SPIE 6561, Unmanned Systems Technology IX, 656107 (27 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.720124

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