AIM² A Continuation towards Innovation

Abstract

The European Collaborative Project AIM² - Advanced Measurement Techniques 2 was launched on October 2010 with a project duration of 3 ½ years. The precedent EU project AIM was intended to make advanced, non-intrusive measurement techniques applicable for flight testing. It presented possibilities to measure wing and rotor deformation, surface pressure distribution, heat distribution and flow velocity fields in a non-intrusive way and with a minimal sensor setup. AIM also identified major challenges to be coped with before the demonstrated measurement techniques can leave the research and development level and become state-of-theart measurement techniques for industrial use.