Advanced materials capabilities

Optical fibre guiding laser light

End-to-end engine health management (E2EEHM) The E2EEHM project, funded by the ATI and led by Rolls-Royce, is developing, and linking together future equipment health management technologies to create future value for products and services. Cranfield experts are using fibre optic sensors to measure the strain on a Rolls-Royce gas turbine engine fuel pump during high temperature and high pressure testing with aviation fuel. The aim is to demonstrate the sensors’ potential to manage the health of the engine and thereby reducing operational disruption and maintenance costs.

For more information, please contact:

Professor Ralph Tatam, Professor of Engineering Photonics and Head of Centre for Engineering Photonics E: r.p.tatam@cranfield.ac.uk

www.cranfield.ac.uk/materials

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