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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (23): 30368.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2024.30368

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Research progress in low-velocity impact monitoring technology for aircraft structures

Xu ZENG1, Deshuang DENG1, Hongjuan YANG1, Zhengyan YANG2, Shuyi MA3, Lei YANG1(), Zhanjun WU4   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis,Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment,School of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian  116024,China
    2.School of Fiber Engineering and Equipment Technology,Jiangnan University,Wuxi  214122,China
    3.School of Transportation and Electrical Engineering,Dalian University of Science and Technology,Dalian  116052,China
    4.School of Materials Science and Engineering,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian  116024,China
  • Received:2024-03-09 Revised:2024-04-05 Accepted:2024-06-12 Online:2024-12-15 Published:2024-07-31
  • Contact: Lei YANG E-mail:yangl@dlut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3402500);National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2341235)

Abstract:

Low-velocity impacts pose a severe threat to aircraft flight safety by potentially damaging aerospace structures. Impact monitoring, which can locate the source of impacts in real time, reconstruct load histories, and estimate impact energy, is a key technology in structural health assessment, crucial for ensuring aircraft operation safety. This article provides an overview of the general process of the impact monitoring technology. Representative impact localization methods are summarized, including sparse sensor array based time difference methods, time reversal focusing methods, reference database methods and machine learning methods, dense sensor array based beamforming methods, sensor cluster methods, multiple signal classification methods, and spatial wavenumber filtering methods, as well as other non-wave signal based methods. Two categories of impact load reconstruction methods, i.e., model-based methods and machine learning methods, are discussed, along with methods for impact energy identification. Considering the current state of the impact monitoring technology, the article explores the technical challenges it faces and its future development trends.

Key words: aircraft structures, impact monitoring, impact localization, load reconstruction, energy identification

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