33th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

04.1 - Aerospace Grade Materials, Structural Analysis, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance

PROPOSITION OF A NEW QUALIFICATION IMPACT TEST FOR AEROSPACE SMART STRUCTURES

G. Gastaldo, France; Y. Rafik, France; M. Budinger, France; V. Pommier-Budinger, France; P. Olivier, France; P. Navarro, France

Piezoelectric materials are employed in several aerospace applications. It is thus necessary to ensure their correct functioning for critical events such as impacts. This paper proposes a novel test standard method to measure and qualify the damage resistance of smart PZT structures to a drop-weight impact event through the quantification of electromechanical characteristics.


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