Abstract
Structural health monitoring of aircraft is a necessary
topic especially with aging fleets. In general, it means
tracking the structural integrity and keeping the risk of
missing the detection of hazardous cracks low.
Traditionally the fatigue analyses from the collected
data have been carried out in a flight-by-flight basis.
However, simultaneous good-quality recordings of the most
relevant flight parameters with the calculated fatigue
damage synchronized with the recordings enable more
thorough analysis. Using an adequate collection of time
stamped flight parameter signals, this paper aims at
analyzing actions inside flight missions. We introduce a
procedure for flight maneuver identification which allows
maneuver-specific fatigue assessment when timestamped
fatigue information is available. The presented damage
distributions for F-18 aircraft demonstrate the new
ability to consider the influence of various maneuvers on
the fatigue of different structural details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 25th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 1121-1134 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-904812745-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 25th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Operational Practice, ICAF 2009 - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 27 May 2009 → 29 May 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 25th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Operational Practice, ICAF 2009 |
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| Abbreviated title | IFAC 2009 |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Rotterdam |
| Period | 27/05/09 → 29/05/09 |