1. Health Monitoring of Vital Space and
Aeronautic Composite Structures
An extremely sensitive health monitoring system to be
deployed for continuous use on space craft.
Its first stages of development have been done for
composite stealth naval ships. The core material
provider has also supplied materials for the Atlas
rocket.
The technique will also be used in different stages of
production design and manufacturing in order to
ensure the highest quality of final assemblies.
Claes Hedberg
SETI / Blekinge Inst. Tech.
claes.hedberg@bth.se

2. Health Monitoring of Vital Space and
Aeronautic Composite Structures
Based on > 10 years development
Current grants:
* BESST EU FP7
* KKS
Karlskrona
Laholm
Ronneby
Ronneby

3. Fatigue is monitored
from the earliest ‘pre-damage’ stages
Damage Level
Very sensitive
– atomic level
1 10 1000
1000000 Number of cycles 3

4. Health Monitoring of Vital Space and
Aeronautic Composite Structures
CONSEQUENCES TECHNOLOGY
READINESS LEVEL
The technique will assess and ascertain quality of new
materials and their life time behavior which leads to TRL 5 cleared. Inside
TRL 6.
A. lower weight
B. higher safety
C. input to the next generations
PARTNERS
- Acoustic Agree
- Blekinge Institute of Technology
- NASA

5. Health Monitoring of Vital Space and EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS
Aeronautic Composite Structures
Space
aeronautics
car
shipping
railway,
wind power
oil
energy production
energy distribution
industries.
STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WITH OCT ROADMAP
The project can benefit the following of the
16 OCT Prioritized Top Technologies.
The Lightweight and Multifunctional Materials and Structures
[only technology included in all of three main objectives A, B and C];
Fission Power Generation [A,B];
Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Thermal Protection Systems
(TPS) [A,B]; and
(Nuclear) Thermal Propulsion [A].
In total covering eight of the twenty-three Top Technologies boxes.