Inspection of aircraft wing panels using unmanned aerial vehicles

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dc.contributor.authorMalandrakis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorSavvaris, Al
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez Domingo, Jose Angel
dc.contributor.authorAvdelidis, Nicolas Peter
dc.contributor.authorTsilivis, Panagiotis
dc.contributor.authorPlumacker, Florence
dc.contributor.authorZanotti Fragonara, Luca
dc.contributor.authorTsourdos, Antonios
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-19T12:24:14Z
dc.date.available2019-02-19T12:24:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-03
dc.description.abstractIn large civil aircraft manufacturing a time-consuming post-production process is the non-destructive inspection of wing panels. This work aims to address this challenge and improve the defects' detection by performing automated aerial inspection using a small off-the-shelf multirotor. The UAV is equipped with a wide field-of-view camera and an ultraviolet torch for implementing non-invasive imaging inspection. In particular, the UAV is programmed to perform the complete mission and stream video, in real-time, to the ground control station where the defects' detection algorithm is executed. The proposed platform was mathematically modelled in MATLAB/SIMULINK in order to assess the behaviour of the system using a path following method during the aircraft wing inspection. The UAV was tested in the lab where a six-meter-long wing panel was one-side inspected. Initial results indicate that this inspection method could reduce significantly the inspection time, cost, and workload, whilst potentially increasing the probability of detection.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMalandrakis K, Savvaris A, Domingo JA, et al., (2018) Inspection of aircraft wing panels using unmanned aerial vehicles. In: 2018 5th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), 20-22 June 2018, Rome, Italy. pp. 56-61en_UK
dc.identifier.isbn9781538624739
dc.identifier.issn2575-7490
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2018.8453598
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13918
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherIEEEen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.titleInspection of aircraft wing panels using unmanned aerial vehiclesen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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