A Flight Parameter-Based Flight Load Prediction Method for Aircraft Fatigue Life Monitoring via Maneuver Recognition and Deep Learning

Shancheng Cao, Haoyu Qi, Chao Xu, Zhiping Yin

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Abstract

The measured load spectrum is essential in evaluating the fatigue life and reliability of an aircraft. To boost the accuracy of flight load estimation, a novel method based on maneuver recognition and deep learning is proposed in this paper. In the aspect of maneuver recognition, a fast and accurate dynamic time warping algorithm is harnessed to effectively identify various maneuvers such as loop and half roll. Furthermore, for a certain determined flight maneuver, a transformer network with self-attention is adopted to establish the prediction model between flight parameters and flight loads. Finally, experimental results manifest that the proposed method can accurately estimate the operational flight loads based on flight parameters. In addition, a comparison with many other neural networks is conducted to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method. This study provides significant supports in improving the fatigue life monitoring of an aircraft.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the UNIfied Conference of DAMAS, IncoME and TEPEN Conferences (UNIfied 2023) - Volume 2
EditorsAndrew D. Ball, Zuolu Wang, Huajiang Ouyang, Jyoti K. Sinha
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages1073-1082
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783031494208
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
EventUNIfied Conference of International Workshop on Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems, DAMAS 2023, International Conference on Maintenance Engineering, IncoME-V 2023, International conference on the Efficiency and Performance Engineering Network, TEPEN 2023 - Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Duration: 29 Aug 20231 Sep 2023

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume152 MMS
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Conference

ConferenceUNIfied Conference of International Workshop on Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems, DAMAS 2023, International Conference on Maintenance Engineering, IncoME-V 2023, International conference on the Efficiency and Performance Engineering Network, TEPEN 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityHuddersfield
Period29/08/231/09/23

Keywords

  • Deep learning
  • Flight load prediction
  • Maneuver recognition
  • Structural health monitoring

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