07 - Systems, Subsystems and Equipment
DESIGN CRITERIA OF A THERMAL MASS FLOW SENSOR FOR AIRCRAFT AIR DATA APPLICATIONS
L.C. Ribeiro¹, R.A. Souza¹, M.L. Oliveira¹, S.P.L. Vieira¹, W.O. Avelino, Labinfo Lab UFMG, Brazil; C.F.R. Oliveira¹, D.W. de Lima Monteiro¹, F.S. Torres¹, R.M.O. Hansen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; ¹UFMG, Brazil
Operating environment of aircraft sensor system is extremely aggressive with wide temperature and humidity variation, suspension particles, icing etc. Exploring the ease and robustness of MEMS technology, a design of thermal mass flow sensor is presented in order to adapt the operational requirements to the aeronautic design needs creating an excellent complementary instrumentation to pitot tubes.