An AIoT Architecture for Structural Testing: Application to a Real Aerospace Component (Embraer E2 Model Aircraft Flag Track)

The AIoT paradigm, which combines AI with IoT, offers great advantages in manufacturing processes. However, its use in aeronautical testing is still incipient, since this kind of test must ensure strict safety requirements. This study presents one AIoT architecture aimed at structurally testing aero...

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Main Authors: Pablo Venegas, Unai Virto, Isidro Calvo, Oscar Barambones
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/9/4625
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description The AIoT paradigm, which combines AI with IoT, offers great advantages in manufacturing processes. However, its use in aeronautical testing is still incipient, since this kind of test must ensure strict safety requirements. This study presents one AIoT architecture aimed at structurally testing aeronautical applications that ease the integration of AI techniques to interpret the data obtained by wireless IoT devices. In addition, the authors propose implementation guidelines for developers. The presented approach was experimentally validated in the rigorous and standardized certification test of a real aerospace component, namely a flag track component of the Embraer E2 model aircraft. Recorded magnitudes with IoT devices were compared with the data obtained using conventional technologies in terms of the quality of information and compliance with the requirements of aeronautical regulations. In order to illustrate the integration of different AI techniques in the AIoT architecture, ARIMA and LSTM algorithms were used to analyze the data captured with three sensors. The obtained results proved that the AIoT architecture is valid in structural testing applications, achieving a reduction in cabling and deployment time as well as improving flexibility and scalability. The presented approach paves the way to introduce AI-based algorithms for analyzing, either in run-time and off-line, the structural testing results obtained by means of IoT devices.
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spelling doaj-art-726bbfec56f048f69d32ca4bb4b50db62025-08-20T02:59:11ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-04-01159462510.3390/app15094625An AIoT Architecture for Structural Testing: Application to a Real Aerospace Component (Embraer E2 Model Aircraft Flag Track)Pablo Venegas0Unai Virto1Isidro Calvo2Oscar Barambones3Aeronautical Technologies Centre, Advanced Manufacturing Department, Alava Technology Park, 01510 Miñano, SpainAeronautical Technologies Centre, Advanced Manufacturing Department, Alava Technology Park, 01510 Miñano, SpainDepartment of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainDepartment of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainThe AIoT paradigm, which combines AI with IoT, offers great advantages in manufacturing processes. However, its use in aeronautical testing is still incipient, since this kind of test must ensure strict safety requirements. This study presents one AIoT architecture aimed at structurally testing aeronautical applications that ease the integration of AI techniques to interpret the data obtained by wireless IoT devices. In addition, the authors propose implementation guidelines for developers. The presented approach was experimentally validated in the rigorous and standardized certification test of a real aerospace component, namely a flag track component of the Embraer E2 model aircraft. Recorded magnitudes with IoT devices were compared with the data obtained using conventional technologies in terms of the quality of information and compliance with the requirements of aeronautical regulations. In order to illustrate the integration of different AI techniques in the AIoT architecture, ARIMA and LSTM algorithms were used to analyze the data captured with three sensors. The obtained results proved that the AIoT architecture is valid in structural testing applications, achieving a reduction in cabling and deployment time as well as improving flexibility and scalability. The presented approach paves the way to introduce AI-based algorithms for analyzing, either in run-time and off-line, the structural testing results obtained by means of IoT devices.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/9/4625AIoTWSNmonitoringaeronautical structural test
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aeronautical structural test
title An AIoT Architecture for Structural Testing: Application to a Real Aerospace Component (Embraer E2 Model Aircraft Flag Track)
title_full An AIoT Architecture for Structural Testing: Application to a Real Aerospace Component (Embraer E2 Model Aircraft Flag Track)
title_fullStr An AIoT Architecture for Structural Testing: Application to a Real Aerospace Component (Embraer E2 Model Aircraft Flag Track)
title_full_unstemmed An AIoT Architecture for Structural Testing: Application to a Real Aerospace Component (Embraer E2 Model Aircraft Flag Track)
title_short An AIoT Architecture for Structural Testing: Application to a Real Aerospace Component (Embraer E2 Model Aircraft Flag Track)
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aeronautical structural test
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