Wireless Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring

摘要

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) applications in the aeronautical field have gained significant attention. This starts from determining the potentials SHM might provide by analysing maintenance processes and determining structural components along the maintenance process' critical path where the SHM implementation might significantly help to speed up the maintenance process over the lifecycle without compromising safety and reliability issues. Different SHM technologies considered in that regard are currently under development, mostly based on mechanical and acoustic vibration analysis respectively. Those SHM systems are configured to operate as a network and this even on a wireless basis. Transferring SHM into practical application will allow aeronautical structures to be used more efficiently with regard to structure's weight, maintenance and cost.