The purpose of the paper is to present an innovative application within the Non Destructive Testing field based upon vibration measurements developed by the authors, and already tested for analysing damage of many structural elements. After having tested this application on different test articles in laboratory condition, experimental tests have been executed, in collaboration with the ATR company, on a turboprop ATR-72 aircraft, in order to validate the technique on a real aeronautical structure. The monitoring system performed an off-line check on the structure, during the aircraft ground operations, as if it were a normal maintenance procedure. The results are reported in the paper. This proposed new method is based upon the acquisition and comparison of the Frequency Response Functions (FRFs) of the monitored structure before and after damage occurs. Structural damage modify the dynamic behaviour of a structure affecting its mass, stiffness and damping, and consequently the FRFs of a damaged structure, when compared with the FRFs of its sound configuration, making the identification, localization and quantification of damage possible. The activities presented in the paper focus mainly on a new FRFs processing technique based upon the determination of a representative 'Damage Index' for identifying and analysing damage. Furthermore, a dedicated neural network algorithm has been elaborated to develop an automatic system which recognises positive samples, 'healthy' states of the analysed structure, discarding negative ones, 'damaged or perturbed' states of the analysed structure. From an architectural standpoint, piezoceramic patches have been used as both actuators and sensors.


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    Title :

    Structural health monitoring experimental system implemented in a turboprop commercial aircraft


    Additional title:

    Ein neues System der Zustandsüberwachung in einem Turboprop-Flugzeug


    Contributors:
    Bovio, I. (author) / Lecce, L. (author)


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    7 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 4 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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