Abstract
For real time monitoring of the wing state, in this paper, the inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) is applied, which describes the displacement field of beam according to the Timoshenko theory, to sense the wing frame deformation. In order to maintain the accuracy and stability of frame deformation sensing with iFEM, an optimal placement model of strain sensors based on eigenvalue analysis is constructed. Through the model solution with the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, two different optimal placement schemes of sensors are obtained. Finally, a simulation is performed on a simple cantilever beam and a static load experiment is conducted on an aluminum alloy wing frame. The results demonstrate that the iFEM is able to accurately sense the deformation of the wing frame, when the two optimal placement schemes of sensors are used.
Highlights
Deformation sensing in real-time is an essential technology for providing feedback to the actuation and control systems of smart structures, especially of next-generation aircrafts
The current methods used to sense the wing shape can be divided into two categories [10]: one category focuses on the deformation sensing of the skin comprised of plate/shell structures to reflect the deformation of the wing shape and the other category emphasizes on the deformation sensing of a wing frame made of beam structures
The study successfully validates the feasibility of inverse Finite Element Method (iFEM) used for deformation sensing of a wing frame
Summary
Deformation sensing in real-time is an essential technology for providing feedback to the actuation and control systems of smart structures, especially of next-generation aircrafts. This paper focuses on the construction of an optimal sensor placement model, based on eigenvalue analysis of the relationship between the sensor placement and the stability of sensing of the beam deformation with iFEM. This is conducted with an aim to maintain the sensing stability of iFEM. A high-fidelity finite element model of the beam is constructed with ANSYS, which generate the discrete strain data to replace the experimental strain measurements captured from strain sensors and which produce the deformation data to replace the experimental deformation This is executed to verify the robustness of iFEM under the optimal placement schemes. To examine the iFEM sensing capability for the two optimal placement schemes, deformation sensing test is conducted on an aluminum alloy wing frame model
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