RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic Sensing

This research group has recently used the new technology Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for the monitoring and the measurement of airplane flutter. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first such use for this new technology. Traditionally, the measurement of airplane flutter requires the mount...

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Main Authors: Ezzat G. Bakhoum, Cheng Zhang, Marvin H. Cheng
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/7/9/125
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description This research group has recently used the new technology Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for the monitoring and the measurement of airplane flutter. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first such use for this new technology. Traditionally, the measurement of airplane flutter requires the mounting of a very large number of sensors on the wing being monitored, and extensive wiring must be connected to all these sensors. The new system and technology introduced in this paper dramatically reduces the hardware requirements in such an application: all the traditional sensors and wiring are replaced with one fiber optic cable with a diameter of 2 mm. An electro-optical system with the size of a desktop PC monitors simultaneously one or more of such fiber optic cables and detects/characterizes any mechanical disturbances on the cables. Theoretical and experimental results are given.
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spelling doaj-art-9881bb9841df4a34ad03fe7d2ffa027b2025-08-20T03:47:07ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102020-08-017912510.3390/aerospace7090125RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic SensingEzzat G. Bakhoum0Cheng Zhang1Marvin H. Cheng2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514, USADepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USAThis research group has recently used the new technology Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for the monitoring and the measurement of airplane flutter. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first such use for this new technology. Traditionally, the measurement of airplane flutter requires the mounting of a very large number of sensors on the wing being monitored, and extensive wiring must be connected to all these sensors. The new system and technology introduced in this paper dramatically reduces the hardware requirements in such an application: all the traditional sensors and wiring are replaced with one fiber optic cable with a diameter of 2 mm. An electro-optical system with the size of a desktop PC monitors simultaneously one or more of such fiber optic cables and detects/characterizes any mechanical disturbances on the cables. Theoretical and experimental results are given.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/7/9/125Distributed Acoustic Sensingairplane flutterOptical Time-Domain Reflectometry
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RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Aerospace
Distributed Acoustic Sensing
airplane flutter
Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry
title RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic Sensing
title_full RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic Sensing
title_fullStr RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic Sensing
title_full_unstemmed RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic Sensing
title_short RETRACTED: Real Time Measurement of Airplane Flutter via Distributed Acoustic Sensing
title_sort retracted real time measurement of airplane flutter via distributed acoustic sensing
topic Distributed Acoustic Sensing
airplane flutter
Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry
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