Microprocessors as Aircraft Fatigue Monitors

Abstract

A feasibility study has been completed on the use of a microprocessor as an aircraft in-flight fatigue monitoring device. Two prototypes have been assembled and successfully laboratory tested. The study has shown great promise in dollar savings by providing local strain data from which aircraft life predictions can be made more accurately.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA522361

Entities

People

  • Gerald H. Lindsey

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Fatigue Life
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Prototypes
  • Recording Systems
  • Strain Gages
  • Tape Recorders

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.