English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Zendy Open

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Insights

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Zendy Tools

Zendy Plus

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

We demonstrate an array sensor method intended to locate leaks in manned spacecraft using leak‐generated, structure‐borne ultrasonic noise. We have developed and tested a method for sensing and processing leak noise to reveal the leak location involving the use of a 64‐element phased‐array. Cross‐correlations of ultrasonic noise waveforms from a leak into vacuum have been used with a phased‐array analysis to find the direction from the sensor to the leak. This method measures the propagation of guided ultrasonic Lamb waves passing under the PZT array sensor in the spacecraft skin structure. This paper will describe the custom‐designed array with integrated electronics, as well as the performance of the array in prototype applications. We show that this method can be used to successfully locate leaks to within a few millimeters on a 0.6‐m square aluminum plate.

Leak Detection in Spacecraft Using a 64-Element Multiplexed Passive Array to Monitor Structure-Borne Noise