The main rotor accounts for the largest vibration source for helicopter fuselage and components. However, accurate blade monitoring has been limited due to the practical restrictions on instrumenting rotating blades. The use of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for real time vibration monitoring promises to deliver a significant contribution to rotor performance monitoring and blade damage identification. This paper discusses the main technological challenges for wireless sensor networks for vibration monitoring on helicopter rotor blades. The first part introduces the context of vibration monitoring on helicopters. Secondly, an overview of the main failure modes for rotor and blades is presented. Based on the requirements for failure modes monitoring, a proposition for a multipurpose sensor network is presented. The network aims to monitor rotor performance, blade integrity and damage monitoring at three different scales referred to as macro layer, meso layer and micro layer. The final part presents the requirements for WSNs design in relation with sensing, processing, communication and actuation. Finally power supply aspects are discussed.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Wireless Sensor Network for Helicopter Rotor Blade Vibration Monitoring: Requirements Definition and Technological Aspects


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    8 Seiten




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Helicopter rotor blade monitoring using autonomous wireless sensor network

    Ramirez, Andrea / Loendersloot, Richard / Tinga, Tiedo et al. | Tema Archive | 2013



    HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE

    NEKRASOV VLADIMIR IVANOVICH | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    Helicopter rotor blade

    WANG HUILING / CAI MENG / TIAN SHUQUAN et al. | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE

    EREMIN MIKHAIL MIKHAJLOVICH / BORISOV EVGENIJ ALEKSANDROVICH | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access