A structural health monitoring (SHM) system can contribute to the risk management of a structure operating under hazardous conditions. An example is the Wing Leading Edge Impact Detection System (WLEIDS) that monitors the debris hazards to the Space Shuttle Orbiters Reinforced Carbon-Carbon (RCC) panels. Since Return-to-Flight (RTF) after the Columbia accident, WLEIDS was developed and subsequently deployed on board the Orbiter to detect ascent and on-orbit debris impacts, so as to support the assessment of wing leading edge structural integrity prior to Orbiter re-entry. As SHM is inherently an inverse problem, the analyses involved, including those performed for WLEIDS, tend to be associated with significant uncertainty. The use of probabilistic approaches to handle the uncertainty has resulted in the successful implementation of many development and application milestones.


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    Title :

    Probabilistic Structural Health Monitoring of the Orbiter Wing Leading Edge


    Contributors:
    K. C. Yap (author) / J. Macias (author) / M. Kaouk (author) / T. L. Gafka (author) / J. H. Kerr (author)

    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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