Revolutionary technologies for quickly locating and repairing leaks in the pressurized environment of the International Space Station are a critical NASA need. Leaks caused by the malfunction of on-board vacuum systems, or leaks caused by impact with space debris pose very serious safety concerns that must be dealt with rapidly and effectively. The detection of a pressure drop by any one of several primary cabin pressure sensors distributed throughout the pressurized environment release a swarm of highly sensitive pressure sensors in the vicinity of pressure change. Sensors shaped for navigating in microgravity environments compute the air-flow direction and are swept along a decreasing pressure gradient towards the leak. Self-organizing abilities enable the sensor swarm to follow the pressure gradient and quickly detect and plug the leak source. A sensor swarm is a novel bio-inspired technology to detect and fix leaks in any pressurized containment in microgravity environments.


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    Titel :

    Bio-inspired sensor swarms to detect leaks in pressurized systems


    Beteiligte:
    Fronczek, J.W. (Autor:in) / Prasad, N.R. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005


    Format / Umfang :

    6 Seiten, 5 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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