An Automated Laser Inspection System for AVLB

Abstract

Tactical bridging is a key component in ensuring mobility of the future combat system for a successful assault operation. The US Army has several rapidly deployable mobile bridging systems in its inventory including over 900 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges (AVLB). Currently, reliability of these bridging assets is ensured through extensive visual inspections to detect defects and subsequent maintenance of these assets. However, visual inspection is time consuming and subjective in nature without reliable early crack detection capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA432479

Entities

People

  • Hota Gangarao Samer And
  • Srinivas Aluri

Organizations

  • West Virginia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Contracts
  • Damage Detection
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Inspection
  • Laser Sensors
  • Laser-Based Detection
  • Universities
  • Vibration
  • Visual Inspection
  • West Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Military Science
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition