The most common researched area of damage in a composite material such as carbon fibre
reinforced plastics (CFRP) used currently in aircraft construction is barely visible impact …

Through the integration of advanced sensors, actuators, and micro-processors, aircraft smart
skin technology can improve the structural performance of aircraft and make them self …

Aircraft smart skin technology requires the integration of large-scale, lightweight, and
integrative sensor networks with aircraft structural skin, but it is difficult to directly …

Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials are widely used in different branches of
industry, especially in aerospace, owing to their low mass, high strength and stiffness, and …

The growing use of composite structures in aerospace structures has attracted much interest
in structural health monitoring (SHM) for the localization of impact positions due to their poor …

Aircraft smart skin needs to integrate a large number of piezoelectric (PZT) elements and
wires for structural health monitoring (SHM), which not only add considerable weight to …

Modern structures on aircraft make increasing use of large-scale composite structures.
Quantitative damage monitoring for composites, including damage occurrence, number …

This study presents a novel method for composite damage identification using Lamb wave.
A probabilistic integration of the elliptical loci method and the RAPID (reconstruction …

Fatigue crack diagnosis (FCD) is of great significance for ensuring safe operation,
prolonging service time and reducing maintenance cost in aircrafts and many other safety …

Structural health monitoring technology for aerospace structures has gradually turned from
fundamental research to practical implementations. However, real aerospace structures …