A Systems Engineering Approach to Integrated Structural Health Monitoring For Aging Aircraft

Author

Alan P. Albert
Efstathios Antoniou
Stephen D. Leggiero
Kimberly A. Tooman
Ramon L. Veglio

Date of Award

3-2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Systems Engineering

Department

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

First Advisor

Som R. Soni, PhD

Second Advisor

Jorg D. Walter, PhD

Abstract

The United States Air Force and many of its Coalition partners have extended the original service life of some of their aging aircraft due to fiscal constraints. This life extension often requires increased periodic and in-depth inspections; increasing maintenance costs and resulting in longer periods of aircraft downtime. A structural health monitoring system for aging aircraft could reduce the current inspection burden, and thus decrease costs and system downtime. This presentation describes a baseline systems engineering methodology for system definition of an aging aircraft structural health monitoring system. Analysis was performed to quantify the potential benefit a structural health monitoring affords.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GSE-ENY-06-M02

DTIC Accession Number

ADA449297

Comments

Co-authored thesis.

Recommended Citation

Albert, Alan P.; Antoniou, Efstathios; Leggiero, Stephen D.; Tooman, Kimberly A.; and Veglio, Ramon L., "A Systems Engineering Approach to Integrated Structural Health Monitoring For Aging Aircraft" (2006). Theses and Dissertations. 3527.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/3527