Device for detecting shocks on a structure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorJerome DUBOST
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Abstract
A detection device (10) for shocks on a part (20) comprises a base (11) intended to be fixed by a lower face (111) onto a surface of the part (20) where the occurrence of a shock is to be detected and comprises one or more detectors (12) fixed at the base (11) and protruding with respect to the base, a detector (12) being deformed in a persistent way with a magnitude equal to or greater than a threshold magnitude As when it is subjected to a shock with an energy equal to or greater than a threshold energy Es. Under the effect of such a shock with energy Es or greater, a detector (12) is simply deformed or broken such that the visual inspection allows the occurrence of the shock to be detected.
Claims15
Detection device for shocks on a part characterized in that said detection device is an inert structure comprising:
- a base, intended to be fixed by a lower face onto a surface of the part where the occurrence of a shock is to be detected, and
- at least one detector fixed at the base on the side of an upper face of said base, said detector consisting mainly of an element of the structure of the detection device, protruding with respect to said upper face;
- the mechanical resistance of said detector, defined by its geometric dimensions and the material it is made from, being determined so that the at least one detector undergoes a persistent deformation of a magnitude equal to or greater than a selected threshold magnitude As when said detector is subjected to the shock of an object with an energy equal to or greater than a selected threshold energy Es.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.