Method and apparatus for monitoring aircraft components

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:870253

Dickens, Larry M ^[1]; Haynes, Howard D ^[2]; Ayers, Curtis W ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Knoxville, TN
3. Clinton, TN

Operability of aircraft mechanical components is monitored by analyzing the voltage output of an electrical generator of the aircraft. Alternative generators, for a turbine-driven rotor aircraft, include the gas producer turbine tachometer generator, the power turbine tachometer generator, and the aircraft systems power producing starter/generator. Changes in the peak amplitudes of the fundamental frequency and its harmonics are correlated to changes in condition of the mechanical components.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• Assignee: Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 5483833
• OSTI ID: 870253
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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rotor
gas
producer
turbine
tachometer
power
systems
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starter
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peak
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fundamental
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harmonics
correlated
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fundamental frequency
gas producer
electrical generator
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mechanical components
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