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Structural Health Monitoring of Flight Structures, Year 2

Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)

Description

This Structural Health Monitoring of Flight Structures technology project seeks to utilize acoustic emission techniques in combination with fiber optic strain sensing to detect, assess and track damage in composite flight structures.

Details

ProgramCenter Innovation Fund: AFRC CIF (AFRC CIF)
Lead organizationArmstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
Start date2011-10-01
End date2012-09-01

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