In-service maintenance of aircrafts can be optimised by through-life monitoring. IABG has an impressive track record in this sector and applies modern procedures, e.g. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).
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PA 200 Tornado
Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems
Intelligent and efficient monitoring of structural loading
ensured by
- Optimised combination of various sensor technologies
- In-flight data acquisition
- Correlation of measured structural loading with flight
parameters
- Damage calculation using in-service and test load spectra
- Fatigue management based on
- Onboard life-time monitoring system (OLMOS)
- Structural integrity management software (LEDA)
- Applying knowledge gained from comprehensive measurement programmes to individual aircraft
- Identification of fatigue-critical areas in the context of a
major airframe fatigue test (MAFT) or by operational load
measurements (OLM)
- Management of life-relevant maintenance measures
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Development and qualification
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Flight load measurements
- Use of modern technologies for the in-flight acquisition of flight and structural load parameters
- Comparison of operation and qualification loads
- Analysis of fatigue-critical areas
- Concepts for increasing maintenance efficiency for
- Optimisation of regular maintenance cycles (specific repair measures and modifications)
- Implementations of special inspections
- Analytical condition inspection
- Usage-dependent measures
- Tear-down inspections
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Tear-down inspection of
PA 200 Tornado
Software engineering and support for
- Structural integrity management (LEDA)
- Corrosion damage analysis (KORROS)
- Analytical condition inspection (AZI)
- Maintenance management and controlling (MACOT)
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