Aircraft Wiring Fault Location and Reflectometry Methods (S/SSTDR, NDR, MSR, MCR, PD-FDR)
As wire ages, it becomes brittle and may crack and break. Locating these problems can take hours, days, or more, while expensive or mission-critical aircraft sit idle. Some faults are not reproducible on the ground and show up only in flight, often effectively grounding aircraft while maintainers struggle to replicate or find the problem. Arc Fault Circuit (AFC) Breakers are being designed to detect small arcs before they cause aircraft fires, yet once these breakers have averted disaster, they leave a maintenance nightmare for the technician tasked with locating and fixing the tiny damage within miles of wire snaking through the walls, floor, ceilings, and wings of the aircraft. Our research has created tools and sensors to locate these and other faults in aging wiring.
Publications by Topic
- E. Lundquist, J. Nagel, S. Wu, B. Jones, C. Furse, Advanced Forward Methods for Complex Wire Fault Modeling, accepted to IEEE Sensors Journal, 2012
- E. Lundquist, C. Furse, Novel Inverse Methods for Wire Fault Detection and Diagnosis, 2011 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/CNC/URSI Meeting in Spokane, WA July 4-8, 2011
- E. Lundquist, S. Wu, B. Jones, C. Furse, C. Lo, Aging Wire Fault Diagnosis Using Faster, Higher-Precision Methods, 2011 Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainability Conference, April 18-21, 2011, SanDiego, CA
- Cynthia Furse, Chet Lo, Kevin Wheeler, Fast, Modular Wire Simulation Tools to Better Understand Small Wire Faults, 2010 Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainment (AA&S) Conference, May 10-13, 2010, Austin, TX
- Chet Lo, Cynthia Furse, Modeling and Simulation of Branched Wiring Network,17th Symposium EMC-Zurich, Singapore March 2006
- Y.C. Chung, N. Amarnath, C. Furse, J.Mahoney, Capacitance and Inductance Sensors for Location of Open and Short Circuited Wires IEEE Trans Instrumentation, Vol. 58, No. 8, Aug 2009, pp. 2495-2502
- US Patent 7,495,450 B2, Device and method for detecting anomalies in a wire and related sensing method, C. Furse, J. Mahoney, Y. C. Chung, N. N. Amarnath, Feb 24, 2009 (Links to an external site.)
Aircraft Wiring Fault Location and Reflectometry Methods (S/SSTDR, NDR, MSR, MCR, PD-FDR)
As wire ages, it becomes brittle and may crack and break. Locating these problems can take hours, days, or more, while expensive or mission-critical aircraft sit idle. Some faults are not reproducible on the ground and show up only in flight, often effectively grounding aircraft while maintainers struggle to replicate or find the problem. Arc Fault Circuit (AFC) Breakers are being designed to detect small arcs before they cause aircraft fires, yet once these breakers have averted disaster, they leave a maintenance nightmare for the technician tasked with locating and fixing the tiny damage within miles of wire snaking through the walls, floor, ceilings, and wings of the aircraft. Our research has created tools and sensors to locate these and other faults in aging wiring.
Publications by Topic
- E. Lundquist, J. Nagel, S. Wu, B. Jones, C. Furse, Advanced Forward Methods for Complex Wire Fault Modeling, accepted to IEEE Sensors Journal, 2012
- E. Lundquist, C. Furse, Novel Inverse Methods for Wire Fault Detection and Diagnosis, 2011 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/CNC/URSI Meeting in Spokane, WA July 4-8, 2011
- E. Lundquist, S. Wu, B. Jones, C. Furse, C. Lo, Aging Wire Fault Diagnosis Using Faster, Higher-Precision Methods, 2011 Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainability Conference, April 18-21, 2011, SanDiego, CA
- Cynthia Furse, Chet Lo, Kevin Wheeler, Fast, Modular Wire Simulation Tools to Better Understand Small Wire Faults, 2010 Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainment (AA&S) Conference, May 10-13, 2010, Austin, TX
- Chet Lo, Cynthia Furse, Modeling and Simulation of Branched Wiring Network,17th Symposium EMC-Zurich, Singapore March 2006
- Y.C. Chung, N. Amarnath, C. Furse, J.Mahoney, Capacitance and Inductance Sensors for Location of Open and Short Circuited Wires IEEE Trans Instrumentation, Vol. 58, No. 8, Aug 2009, pp. 2495-2502
- US Patent 7,495,450 B2, Device and method for detecting anomalies in a wire and related sensing method, C. Furse, J. Mahoney, Y. C. Chung, N. N. Amarnath, Feb 24, 2009 (Links to an external site.)
Aircraft Wiring Fault Location and Reflectometry Methods (S/SSTDR, NDR, MSR, MCR, PD-FDR)
As wire ages, it becomes brittle and may crack and break. Locating these problems can take hours, days, or more, while expensive or mission-critical aircraft sit idle. Some faults are not reproducible on the ground and show up only in flight, often effectively grounding aircraft while maintainers struggle to replicate or find the problem. Arc Fault Circuit (AFC) Breakers are being designed to detect small arcs before they cause aircraft fires, yet once these breakers have averted disaster, they leave a maintenance nightmare for the technician tasked with locating and fixing the tiny damage within miles of wire snaking through the walls, floor, ceilings, and wings of the aircraft. Our research has created tools and sensors to locate these and other faults in aging wiring.
Publications by Topic
- E. Lundquist, J. Nagel, S. Wu, B. Jones, C. Furse, Advanced Forward Methods for Complex Wire Fault Modeling, accepted to IEEE Sensors Journal, 2012
- E. Lundquist, C. Furse, Novel Inverse Methods for Wire Fault Detection and Diagnosis, 2011 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/CNC/URSI Meeting in Spokane, WA July 4-8, 2011
- E. Lundquist, S. Wu, B. Jones, C. Furse, C. Lo, Aging Wire Fault Diagnosis Using Faster, Higher-Precision Methods, 2011 Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainability Conference, April 18-21, 2011, SanDiego, CA
- Cynthia Furse, Chet Lo, Kevin Wheeler, Fast, Modular Wire Simulation Tools to Better Understand Small Wire Faults, 2010 Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainment (AA&S) Conference, May 10-13, 2010, Austin, TX
- Chet Lo, Cynthia Furse, Modeling and Simulation of Branched Wiring Network,17th Symposium EMC-Zurich, Singapore March 2006
- Y.C. Chung, N. Amarnath, C. Furse, J.Mahoney, Capacitance and Inductance Sensors for Location of Open and Short Circuited Wires IEEE Trans Instrumentation, Vol. 58, No. 8, Aug 2009, pp. 2495-2502
- US Patent 7,495,450 B2, Device and method for detecting anomalies in a wire and related sensing method, C. Furse, J. Mahoney, Y. C. Chung, N. N. Amarnath, Feb 24, 2009 (Links to an external site.)
2020
- Homayounpour, M. & Mortensen, J. D., & Merryweather, A. S. (2019). Auditory Warnings Invoking Startle Response Cause Faster and More Intense Neck Muscle Contractions Prior to Head Impacts. Sage Jounals. Vol. 1. Article, Refereed Conference Proceedings, Published, 11/20/2019.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631320 - Butter, Chaeibakhsh, Foreman, Merryweather. “The Effect of Wearing Insoles on Lower Extremity Kinematics During Activities of Daily Living in Adults” 2019 ASME/IMECE . Other, Presented, 11/2019.
https://event.asme.org/Events/media/library/resour... - Homayounpour, M, Mortensen, J, Merryweather, A. “Posture and Muscle Activation Changes Prior to an Impact in Response to a Directional Warning”, 2019 ASME/IMECE 2019 . Other, Presented, 11/2019.
https://event.asme.org/Events/media/library/resour... - Mitja Trkov, Andrew Merryweather. “Load Weight while Lifting can be Estimated using Instrumented Insoles” 2019 BMES . Other, Presented, 10/17/2019.
https://submissions2.mirasmart.com/BMES2019/Itiner... - Taylor, D, Morse, J, Merryweather, A. Is bouncing during sit-to-stand-walk a factor of frailty?. 10/17/2019 BMES . Other, Presented, 10/17/2019.
https://submissions2.mirasmart.com/BMES2019/Itiner...
2019
- Homayounpour, M. & Mortensen, J. D., & Merryweather, A. S. (2019). Auditory Warnings Invoking Startle Response Cause Faster and More Intense Neck Muscle Contractions Prior to Head Impacts. Sage Jounals. Vol. 1. Article, Refereed Conference Proceedings, Published, 11/20/2019.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631320 - Butter, Chaeibakhsh, Foreman, Merryweather. “The Effect of Wearing Insoles on Lower Extremity Kinematics During Activities of Daily Living in Adults” 2019 ASME/IMECE . Other, Presented, 11/2019.
https://event.asme.org/Events/media/library/resour... - Homayounpour, M, Mortensen, J, Merryweather, A. “Posture and Muscle Activation Changes Prior to an Impact in Response to a Directional Warning”, 2019 ASME/IMECE 2019 . Other, Presented, 11/2019.
https://event.asme.org/Events/media/library/resour... - Mitja Trkov, Andrew Merryweather. “Load Weight while Lifting can be Estimated using Instrumented Insoles” 2019 BMES . Other, Presented, 10/17/2019.
https://submissions2.mirasmart.com/BMES2019/Itiner... - Taylor, D, Morse, J, Merryweather, A. Is bouncing during sit-to-stand-walk a factor of frailty?. 10/17/2019 BMES . Other, Presented, 10/17/2019.
https://submissions2.mirasmart.com/BMES2019/Itiner...