04.2 - Aerostructures Design, Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity

AIRFRAME HEALTH MONITORING ON THE BAE SYSTEMS HAWK T1A JET TRAINER

G. Dessena¹, M. Civera², E.P. Mottola², O.E. Bonilla-Manrique¹; ¹Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain ;²Politecnico di Torino, Italy

This work demonstrates vibration-based airframe health monitoring on a full-scale BAE Systems Hawk T1A aircraft using modal analysis. Damage sensitivity is assessed through mode shape correlation across multiple excitation scenarios. Results show that selected modes exhibit clear monotonic trends with damage severity, supporting SHM adoption in aerospace and other safety-critical industries.

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DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0706