• DocumentCode
    358365
  • Title

    Foreign object detection using radar

  • Author

    Shephard, David J. ; Tait, Peter D F ; King, Richard J.

  • Author_Institution
    Marconi Res. Center, Chelmsford, UK
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    43
  • Abstract
    This paper describes work undertaken by the Marconi Research Centre (MRC) to investigate the viability of using a low power microwave radar to detect and classify Foreign Objects (FOD) being ingested by a jet engine. The paper discusses the problems caused by FOD. It then presents the program of work, the facility used and a selection of results. The paper reports the high probabilities (>80%) achieved in successfully detecting and correctly classifying FOD as damaging or non-damaging
  • Keywords
    avionics; object detection; radar applications; safety systems; FOD; Marconi Research Centre; damaging objects; foreign object detection; jet engine; low power microwave radar; nondamaging objects; Airborne radar; Aircraft propulsion; Doppler radar; Jet engines; Monitoring; Object detection; Passive radar; Radar detection; Spread spectrum radar; Turbines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Big Sky, MT
  • ISSN
    1095-323X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5846-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AERO.2000.877881
  • Filename
    877881