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Wing Dynamics Acceleration Sensor

Project

WINGACCS - Wing Dynamics Acceleration Sensor


Funding origin:
European
European Union
STRIA Roadmaps:
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Vehicle design and manufacturing
Transport mode:
Airborne
Airbone
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/12/2010,
End date: 01/11/2012

Status: Finished
Funding details:
Total cost:
€600 000
EU Contribution:
€450 000

Overview

Objectives:

The project aimed to design and test a MEMS based accelerometer for wing structure active control and health monitoring. The key requirements were: full scale of ±10 g; bandwidth >200 Hz; 1 year composite stability: Bias:1.5 mg and SF: 1500 ppm; vibration rectification: 25 µg/g2; noise: 100’000 accelerometers /year in the ISO9001 and 14001 certified MEMS fab, assembly and test facilities. Colibrys has a large accelerometer background IP and will manufacture the resulting accelerometers. This project contributed to establishing a European, MEMS based, ITAR free, accelerometer supply that will profit European aeronautics, defence, and instrumentation industries.

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