Structural Health Management/Monitoring

Arne Lewis
The Boeing Co.
Structures Service Engineer
New Airplane Product Development

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 Structural Health Management

™ Definition and Development

™ Testing

™ Implementation

™ Benefits

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 What Is SHM?
Definition and Development

„ SHM is a structural condition assessment system using sensor

technology and flight parameters that can potentially monitor airplane
loads and structural damage
™ Accidental and fatigue
™ Load monitoring
™ Load exceedance (hard and heavy landing)
Nz Legend: Measured Predicted Error
Lat accel
Long accel 1400
Pitch accel 1200
• Minimal structural sensors

Roll accel
Yaw accel 1000
Mach .

Strain (microstrain)
. 800

Virtual strains
Gross weight . .
Neural network 600
• Flight parameters

Q . .
Pitch rate 400
Roll rate
Yaw rate 200
AOA 0
AOSS
Altitude -200
Frozen CG -400
Fuse. CG
Aileron -600
0 200 400 600 800 1000 12001400 1600
Rudder
Stab SHM-011

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 Accidental Damage Sensors Installed
Definition and Development

„ Two embedded layers

„ Three part surface mounted layers bonded to inner
mold line Path 9->13 at 440 kHz
3.7
No crack 18mm crack BS
Sensor output

0
str

–3.7 Group velocity = 2.3km/s

20 Time, μsec 56 str

str

WL
SHM-010
BS
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 Phased Implementation of SHM

„ What will it take to implement SHM?

™ Laboratory testing
™ In-service testing

„ Industry working together

™ Understanding issues and working together to resolve
issues

„ Qualification of SHM as part of airplane maintenance

™ Algorithm development

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 Implementation in Phases

„ Initial Discovery

„ Testing/Algorithm Development

„ Working Group Development (CAWG)

„ Phase I – Passive Damage Detection and Flight

Parameter monitoring

„ Phase II – Active Damage Detection

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 SHM Benefits

„ Reduced operating cost

„ First step in progression to condition-based

structural maintenance

„ Longer economical airframe utilization

„ Structural inspection tasks customized for each

airplane

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 SHM Benefits (Con’t)

„ Could be adapted to current fleet

„ Possible third option in Service Bulletins: Monitoring
„ Determine the extent of damage in areas prone to
accidental damage
„ Open architecture allowance to expand upon existing
system after airplane entry to service
„ Lighter future commercial airplanes

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 SHM Issue Paper

„ SHM definition developed by Working Group

Members (ATA, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier,
Embraer, FAA and others)

„ Requesting that SHM definition be placed in ATA

MSG-3, Appendix A

„ Requesting that section 2-4-2 “Scheduled Structural

Maintenance” be revised to add SHM as a
recognized technology.

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 Summary

„ SHM has potential to reduce airplane structural

maintenance cost

„ Testing and development of SHM technology in

progress

„ Work with airplane operators and regulators to

gain acceptance in the industry

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 Thank You!

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