Optimising Design for Inspection
Maria Pina LIMONGELLI (docente coordinatore), Pier Francesco GIORDANO
Maria Pina LIMONGELLI (docente coordinatore), Pier Francesco GIORDANO
Ultrasound based non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, energy harvesting and wireless sensor networks are being increasingly demonstrated to be effective in monitoring damage in aerospace components at a laboratory setting. However, there is an urgent need to integrate these approaches and techniques at the inception of an aircraft. This COST Action supports the development of an integrated framework for optimised self-sensing structures capable of diagnosis and prognosis, together with demonstrators and educational activities. It will maximise the full benefit of in service, continuous monitoring of critical aerospace structures by integrating ultrasonic wave based NDE, energy harvesting and wireless sensor technologies at the design conception phase. Optimisation (sensor/structure), computational modelling, advanced signal processing and advanced design approaches will be integrated to produce a novel framework, design tools and guidelines for the delivery of the first generation of self-sensing aircraft capable of delivering accurate structural prognosis.
DABC role
Member of the Management Committee, member of the work groups on: Design, Optimisation and Integration; Damage detection; Data management and signal processing.
Partners
Cardiff University, University of Iceland, Delft University of Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, University of Rijeka, Rzeszow University of Technology, University of Augsburg, Ministry of transport and communications of Macedonia, Mid Sweden University, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, University of Tartu, University of Antwerp, University of Sarajevo, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, University of Cyprus, Brno University of Technology, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES DE ROUEN, MISTRAS GROUP HELLAS ABEE, University College Dublin, Politecnico di MIlano, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Universidade do Porto, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Universidad de Granada, University of Lund, Karadeniz Technical University, Imperial College London