A blade for a propeller including a blade composite structure includes a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) or an Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric (EFPI) sensor embedded in the blade composite structure. The sensor is configured to receive a signal from a controller operatively connected to the FBG or EFPI sensor, and transmit a signal, responsive to the received signal, to a processor operatively connected to the sensor. The signal response is indicative of a stress measurement indicating a structural characteristic of the blade composite structure. The signal response provides information to determine, based on the signal response, whether the structural characteristic of the blade composite structure is within a predetermined limit indicative of structural integrity of the blade composite structure.


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    Title :

    Aircraft rotor with embedded optical fiber sensor


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2021-08-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen



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