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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Design of a Modularized IoT Multi-Functional Sensing System and Data Pipeline for Digital Twin-Oriented Real-Time Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring.

Shengkai Guo, Andrew West, Jan Papuga, Stephanos Theodossiades, Jingjing Jiang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Shengkai GuoDepartment of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3519-6002
Andrew WestWolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.
Jan PapugaEVEKTOR spol. s r. o., Letecká 1008, 686 04 Kunovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9569-4997
Stephanos TheodossiadesWolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5810-2419
Jingjing JiangDepartment of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7754-9147

Funding

UK Research and Innovation 10065739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A modular, multi-functional (encompassing data acquisition, management, preprocessing, and transmission) sensing (MMFS) system based upon the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm is discussed in this paper with the goal of continuous real-time, multi-sensor and multi-location monitoring of aircraft (including drones) structural performances during flight. According to industrial and system requirements, a microcontroller and four sensors (strain, acceleration, vibration, and temperature) were selected and integrated into the system. To enable the determination of potential in-flight failures and estimates of the remaining useful service life of the aircraft, resistance strain gauge networks, piezoelectric sensors for capturing structural vibrations and impact, accelerometers, and thermistors have been integrated into the MMFS system. Real flight tests with Evektor's Cobra VUT100i and SportStar RTC aircraft have been undertaken to demonstrate the features of recorded data and provide requirements for the MMFS functional design. Real flight test data were analysed, indicating that a sampling rate of 1000 Hz is necessary to balance representation of relevant features within the data and potential loss of quality in fatigue life estimation. The design and evaluation of the performance of a prototype (evaluated via representative stress/strain experiments using an Instron Hydraulic 250 kN machine within laboratories) are detailed in this paper.

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digital twinIoT sensing nodereal-timestructural health monitoring

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PMID41228755
PMCPMC12608597

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