Bengaluru: Experts say the technology will go a long way in achieving the zero-accident vision of the International Helicopter Safety Team. DH FILE PHOTO
An associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here has developed a real-time online health monitoring system for tail rotor flexbeams that can “greatly reduce the chances of helicopter accidents.”
“Considering the fact that tail rotor failures have frequently caused fatalities, the potential for taking this research further for the benefit of the worldwide helicopter community is immense,” Dineshkumar Harursampath, the associate professor, said in a statement to Deccan Herald. He developed this system by collaborating with his former students.
In the lead up to the fourth Asian-Australian Rotorcraft Forum, to be held in Bengaluru from November 16 to 18, the Non-linear Multifunctional Composites Analysis and Design (NMCAD) Lab at the IISc hosted a lecture on Friday by James A Viola, an internationally recognised expert on helicopter safety. Viola is a co-chair of the US Helicopter Safety Team and manager of the Federal Aviation Administration’s General Aviation and Commercial Division. He is also a government member of the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee. He showed interest in the system, Prof Harursampath said.
10/11/15 Ramzauva Chhakchhuak/Deccan Herald
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An associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here has developed a real-time online health monitoring system for tail rotor flexbeams that can “greatly reduce the chances of helicopter accidents.”
“Considering the fact that tail rotor failures have frequently caused fatalities, the potential for taking this research further for the benefit of the worldwide helicopter community is immense,” Dineshkumar Harursampath, the associate professor, said in a statement to Deccan Herald. He developed this system by collaborating with his former students.
In the lead up to the fourth Asian-Australian Rotorcraft Forum, to be held in Bengaluru from November 16 to 18, the Non-linear Multifunctional Composites Analysis and Design (NMCAD) Lab at the IISc hosted a lecture on Friday by James A Viola, an internationally recognised expert on helicopter safety. Viola is a co-chair of the US Helicopter Safety Team and manager of the Federal Aviation Administration’s General Aviation and Commercial Division. He is also a government member of the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee. He showed interest in the system, Prof Harursampath said.
10/11/15 Ramzauva Chhakchhuak/Deccan Herald
