Smart lightning protection skin for real-time load monitoring of composite aircraft structures under multiple impacts

Suzuki, Yoshiro; Suzuki, Toyoaki; Todoroki, Akira; Mizutani, Yoshihiro

doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.08.010

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“…Additional NDT methods applied in the inspection of aircraft composite structures cover: lighting protection sheet (LPS) sensing [21], shearography [22], digital image correlation (DIC) [23], X-ray computed tomography (CT) [24] and others. However, these methods have limited applicability due to many reasons, e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Damage identification in aircraft composite structures: A case study using various non-destructive testing techniques

Katunin

Dragan

Dziendzikowski

2015

Composite Structures

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Damage identification in aircraft composite structures: A case study using various non-destructive testing techniques

Katunin

Dragan

Dziendzikowski

2015

Composite Structures

280

116

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“…In addition to that, previous experiments showed that thin metal mesh can be vaporized by high current lightning strikes. Also, moisture and environmental species can cause corrosion of the metallic foils or metal meshes, thereby reducing its electrical conductivity and ability to perform its protective function (Gagné and Therriault 2014;Morgan 2013;Suzuki et al 2014;Hale 2006). Researchers have investigated new multifunctional approaches, such as conductive paint and low-resistance structural laminate.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Using Conductive Composite Materials in Solving Lightening Strike and Ice Accumulation Problems in Aviation

Alemour

Badran

Hassan

2019

J.Aerosp. Technol. Manag.

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There are many problems facing aircraft in the air during flight, such as lightning strikes and ice accumulation on aircraft surfaces. These problems usually reduce aircraft efficiency and lead to serious accidents and fatalities. However, the current protection systems used to solve these problems of aircraft represent excessive energy usage, a hazard to the environment, and they are generally bulky, heavy and costly. Therefore, there are new conductive composites containing an embedded layer of conductive fibers such as graphene and carbon nanotube designed to carry lightning currents, in addition to that, there is a new deicing heater element made of graphene nanoribbons films to be used in ice protection systems. This paper presents a review of some problems facing aircraft in the air, such as lightning and ice accumulation on the surfaces of the aircraft and the significant efforts that have been exerted to address and solve these issues. Also, this paper reviews the contribution of composite materials in reducing the weight of the aircraft and fuel consumption as well as increasing the efficiency of aircraft. This paper also will review the conductive composite materials and its application for aviation, in addition to their contribution to solving the most important problems in aviation.

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“…Suzuki et al 21 proposed a large-scale aircraft smart skin for lightning protection and damage localization of skin structures. As shown in Figure 7(a), the basic unit of this smart skin was a lightning shield sensor based on a flexible resistance sensitive layer, which consisted of a thin metal copper layer, a silicon rubber isolation layer, and a resistance layer.…”

Section: Large-scale and Lightweight Aircraft Smart Skinmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They can be further conformally integrated with large-scale complex skin structures in an efficient and reliable way. Secondly, full-coverage sensor networks [21][22][23] with simple structural form have also been studied to develop large-scale aircraft smart skin for SHM. However, due to the requirements to completely cover large-scale skin structures, significant additional weight is introduced, which cannot be ignored.…”

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Recent progress in aircraft smart skin for structural health monitoring

Wang

Xiong

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Structural Health Monitoring

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Through the integration of advanced sensors, actuators, and micro-processors, aircraft smart skin technology can improve the structural performance of aircraft and make them self-perception, self-diagnosis, self-adaptation, self-learning, and self-repair. Aircraft smart skin for structural health monitoring (SHM) is an important type of aircraft smart skin and has received extensive attention in recent years. Large-scale, lightweight, and low-power consumption are three key problems hindering the realization and engineering applications of aircraft smart skin for SHM. In view of these problems and restrictions of practical aircraft onboard applications, this article reviews the current research progress on aircraft smart skin for SHM, introduces their design, materials, manufacturing process, and monitoring principles in detail, and discusses how they study above problems from these aspects. Finally, perspectives are proposed on the opportunities and future developments of aircraft smart skin for SHM.

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Smart lightning protection skin for real-time load monitoring of composite aircraft structures under multiple impacts

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Damage identification in aircraft composite structures: A case study using various non-destructive testing techniques

Damage identification in aircraft composite structures: A case study using various non-destructive testing techniques

A Review of Using Conductive Composite Materials in Solving Lightening Strike and Ice Accumulation Problems in Aviation

Recent progress in aircraft smart skin for structural health monitoring

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