Damage Detection System for Automated Hot Spot Monitoring Based on Different Technologies Used in Component Testing for Shot Peening Validation

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is an important requirement to handle military aircraft safety. In contrast with civil aircraft, missions, configurations and environment are changing frequently and therefore also the load spectra, which lead to various life consumptions. Event and fatigue monitoring, remaining life assessment and damage detection monitoring are the basic functions for economic and safe in-service operations of a flying weapon system.