Tesi di Gabriella Serafino

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2.5.1 Onboard information sources Service aircraft integrate a few number of sensors, commonly used for navigation purposes and to provide environment information to the pilot. The Air Data and Inertial Reference System (ADIRS) calculates flight parameters (Indicated Airspeed, position, etc) directly from probe measurements and supplies with air data a large number of critical aircraft systems (like FMS). The probes network, used for navigation, includes the following sensors: -

Pressure sensors (Pitot probes, Pitot-static probes and static pressure probes)

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Temperature sensors (total air temperature probes)

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Angle of Attack sensors

Figure 1 presents the main location of the previous sensors. For integration purposes, new generation of sensors have been developed. Those multi-function probes (MFP) are able to measure more than one parameters (A380 MFP measure the angle of attack, the total pressure and the temperature).

Fig.4 Example of Probes location in an A380

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