NASA is investigating passive wireless sensor technology to reduce instrumentation mass and volume in ground testing, air flight, and space exploration applications. Vehicle health monitoring systems (VHMS) are desired on all aerospace programs to ensure the safety of the crew and the vehicles. Pervasive passive wireless sensor networks facilitate VHMS on aerospace vehicles. Future wireless sensor networks on board aerospace vehicles will be heterogeneous and will require active and passive network systems. Since much has been published on active wireless sensor networks, this work will focus on the need for passive wireless sensor networks on aerospace vehicles. Several passive wireless technologies such as microelectromechanical systems MEMS, SAW, backscatter, and chipless RFID techniques, have all shown potential to meet the pervasive sensing needs for aerospace VHMS applications. A SAW VHMS application will be presented. In addition, application areas including ground testing, hypersonic aircraft and spacecraft will be explored along with some of the harsh environments found in aerospace applications.
Emerging Needs for Pervasive Passive Wireless Sensor Networks on Aerospace Vehicles
2014
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Electrotechnology , Wireless communication , Sensors , Wind tunnel tests , Aerospace vehicles , Surface acoustic wave devices , Ground tests , Flight tests , Space exploration , Systems health monitoring , Safety , Aerospace engineering , Aerodynamic heating , Hypersonic vehicles , Cryogenics , Environment models , Temperature , Low temperature , Spacecraft launching , Abort apparatus , Technology utilization
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