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TPS In-Flight Health Monitoring Project Progress Report

Author
Richards, Lance
Published
February 28, 2007.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Kostyk, Chris, Hudston, Larry, and Prosser, William
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Summary
Progress in the development of new thermal protection systems (TPS) is reported. New approaches use embedded lightweight, sensitive, fiber optic strain and temperature sensors within the TPS. Goals of the program are to develop and demonstrate a prototype TPS health monitoring system, develop a thermal-based damage detection algorithm, characterize limits of sensor/system performance, and develop ea methodology transferable to new designs of TPS health monitoring systems. Tasks completed during the project helped establish confidence in understanding of both test setup and the model and validated system/sensor performance in a simple TPS structure. Other progress included complete initial system testing, commencement of the algorithm development effort, generation of a damaged thermal response characteristics database, initial development of a test plan for integration testing of proven FBG sensors in simple TPS structure, and development of partnerships to apply the technology.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 20080002204.
NASA NDE Working Group Annual Meeting; 28 Feb. - 2 Mar. 2006; Boulder, CO; United States.
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