System for detecting, quantifying and/or locating water in aircraft sandwich structures and methods for using this system
CA 2589879 C · Owner: Airbus Operations Sas · Inventors: Ferreira Dos Santos, Fernando Manuel; Miane, Jean-Louis; Arnaud, Jean-Louis
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The invention relates to a system for detecting water in a sandwich structure for aircraft comprising: a microwave generator (2); at least two microwave emitters/sensors (3) mounted in the structure; a microwave detector (4) capable of detecting the microwaves after they have propagated in the structure and; a data processing unit associated with a library (5) containing at least one modeling of the empty structure (1). The invention also relates to methods for using this system as well as to an aircraft equipped with this system.
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- Filed November 24, 2005 and granted July 3, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 24, 2025.
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