Completed

Project (2010 - 2011)

Highly Reliable Structural Health Monitoring of Smart

Composite Vanes for Jet Engine, Phase I Project
SBIR/STTR Programs | Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)

ABSTRACT

Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems and Auburn University propose a

Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) integrated Structural Health
Monitoring (SHM) sensor system capable of providing in-situ
crack detection, location and quantif ication of damage, as well as
validating structural models, using recent advances in non-
contact, non-destructive dynamic testing of composite
structures. The key innovation is an FBG-based SHM system f or
detecting, locating and quantif ying crack and de-lamination in Table of Contents
composite structures such as smart, composite jet engine vanes
Abstract
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with embedded FBG sensor systems. These new techniques
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Management Team 1
make it possible to analyze complex structures not only non- U.S. Work Locations and Key
destructively, but also without physically contacting or implanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Partners 2
electrical elements into test samples. The state-of -art FBG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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sensor system will be capable of measuring strains, stress,
temperature and pressure and monitor damage to the structure Management Team
under test at the same time at wide temperature ranges. IFOS Principal Investigator:
and its university research collaborator will investigate the Behzad Moslehi
f easibility of such multi-f unctional FBG sensors with great
potential f or SHM. Advanced signal processing, system
identif ication and damage identif ication, location and
quantif ication algorithms will be applied. Potentially, the solution
could evolve into an autonomous onboard monitoring system to
inspect and perf orm Non-Destructive Evaluation and SHM.

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Completed Project (2010 - 2011)

Highly Reliable Structural Health Monitoring of Smart

Composite Vanes for Jet Engine, Phase I Project
SBIR/STTR Programs | Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)

U.S. WORK LOCATIONS AND KEY PARTNERS

U.S. States With Work Lead Center:

Dryden Flight Research Center

Other Organizations Performing Work:

Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)

PROJECT LIBRARY

Presentations
Final Summary Chart
(https://techport.nasa.gov:443/f ile/14101)

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Highly Reliable Structural Health Monitoring of Smart

Composite Vanes for Jet Engine, Phase I Project
SBIR/STTR Programs | Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)

DETAILS FOR TECHNOLOGY 1

Technology Title
Highly Reliable Structural Health Monitoring of Smart Composite Vanes f or Jet Engine

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