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In-flight health monitoring of a subscale wing using a fiber Bragg grating sensor system

Jung-Ryul Lee1, Chi-Young Ryu2, Bon-Yong Koo3, Sang-Guk Kang4, Chang-Sun Hong4 and Chun-Gon Kim4,5

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In this paper, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) were applied to measure dynamic strains inside a subscale wing under real-time wind tunnel testing. Two re-coated FBGs were embedded in the wing skin. The FBG sensor system includes a wavelength swept fiber laser with a wavelength indicator and fast signal processing modules. The agreement among the three kinds of sensor inside the subscale wing (FBG, electric strain gauge and PZT sensor) was confirmed in the bench test. The optical fiber strain sensors had an excellent resolution (< 5με) in the time domain and could detect a frequency response up to 100 Hz. Through the wind tunnel test of the subscale smart wing, the flutter was experimentally detected using FBG sensors and their usefulness as an in-flight health monitoring system was demonstrated.


PACS

89.40.Dd Air transporation

81.70.Bt Mechanical testing, impact tests, static and dynamic loads

81.70.Fy Nondestructive testing: optical methods

42.81.Pa Sensors, gyros

07.60.Vg Fiber-optic instruments

07.10.Pz Instruments for strain, force, and torque

47.60.-i Flow phenomena in quasi-one-dimensional systems

Subjects

Fluid dynamics

Instrumentation and measurement

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Environmental and Earth science

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 1 (February 2003)

Received 30 January 2002, in final form 20 September 2002

Published 29 January 2003



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