Design manufacturing integration and flight testing of a health monitoring system for a prototype unmanned airborne vehicle

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dc.contributor.authorLawson, Craig;
dc.contributor.authorAl Monterzino, Guido
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T15:34:07Z
dc.date.available2019-05-16T15:34:07Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-08
dc.description.abstractThis article describes the design, development, build and flight testing of a health monitoring system for the landing gear and the electrical power system on board the Demon prototype unmanned airborne vehicle. Demon is a flying technology demonstrator which successfully flew in September 2010. The Demon can achieve pitch and roll control without the use of hinged control surfaces, by instead using fluidic devices based on the Coanda effect, attaining low-maintenance, high-manoeuvrability operations. A vehicle health monitoring system was added on board between the first and the second flight test campaigns. The integration of the health monitoring system into the vehicle is discussed as a whole. The key health monitoring sub-systems include data logging and real-time measurement of several parameters. This includes systems to measure Voltage and current from the main batteries, landing gear stress, suspension travel, wheel hub acceleration and shock absorber pressure. Wherever possible, the use of commercially available components was maximised to minimise development time and cost. Some example results of system health monitoring during flight trials are presenteden_UK
dc.identifier.citationLawson CP & Monterzino GA (2014) Design manufacturing integration and flight testing of a health monitoring system for a prototype unmanned airborne vehicle, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Volume 228, Issue 7, pp. 997-1009.en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0954-4100
dc.identifier.urihtps://doi.org/10.1177/0954410013486856
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14173
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSAGEen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectAerospaceen_UK
dc.subjectunmanned airborne vehicleen_UK
dc.subjecthealth monitoring systemen_UK
dc.titleDesign manufacturing integration and flight testing of a health monitoring system for a prototype unmanned airborne vehicleen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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