New MEMS technologies for integrated vehicle health management and fluid sensing applications

Author

Meredith, Kimberly ; Safai, Morteza ; Georgeson, Gary

Author_Institution

Phantom Works, Boeing Co., Seattle, WA

fYear

2009

fDate

7-14 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present an embedded MEMs fluid sensing embedded detection system that incorporates new nondestructive inspection (NDI) sensors for the advancement of diagnostics, prognostics, and health management of complex aircraft system and hardware. With the advent of MEMS NDI sensors, it is now possible to embed these sensors for detection of fuel leaks, moisture intrusion, hydraulic fluid leaks and pressure loss across all aircraft environments. This new NDI embedded detection technology can be used to validate and improve (SHM) structural health management, and integrates concepts and hardware from MEMS and nano-optical technology with spectrometers and microfluidic and wireless capabilities. This paper highlights nano- inspection MEMS device (NIMD) concepts and their application to SHM system development.

Keywords

aircraft; condition monitoring; micromechanical devices; nondestructive testing; structural engineering; MEMS technologies; complex aircraft system; fluid sensing applications; fuel leaks; hydraulic fluid leaks; integrated vehicle health management; moisture intrusion; nondestructive inspection; pressure loss; structural health management; Aircraft; Fuels; Hardware; Inspection; Leak detection; Micromechanical devices; Moisture; Sensor systems; Technology management; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace conference, 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2621-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2622-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2009.4839654

Filename

4839654