Development of an ultrasonic nondestructive inspection method for impact damage detection in composite aircraft structures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Capriotti ◽  
H. E. Kim ◽  
F. Lanza di Scalea ◽  
H. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Nondestructive Inspection ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Aircraft Structures

A technique for rapid impact damage detection with implication for composite aircraft structures

Composites ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P. Komorowski ◽  
D.L. Simpson ◽  
R.W. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Aircraft Structures

Experimental Investigation on Improving Electromechanical Impedance Based Damage Detection by Temperature Compensation

2013 ◽  
Vol 569-570 ◽  
pp. 1132-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Siebel ◽  
Mihail Lilov
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Temperature Compensation ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Electromechanical Impedance ◽  
Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Influence Of Temperature On ◽  
Compensation Approach ◽  
The Impact

The sensitivity of the electromechanical impedance to structural damage under varying temperature is investigated in this paper. An approach based on maximizing cross-correlation coefficients is used to compensate temperature effects. The experiments are carried out on an air plane conform carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) panel (500mm x 500mm x 5mm) instrumented with 26 piezoelectric transducers of two different sizes. In a first step, the panel is stepwise subjected to temperatures between-50 °C and 100 °C. The influence of varying temperatures on the measured impedances and the capability of the temperature compensation approach are analyzed. Next, the sensitivity to a 200 J impact damage is analyzed and it is set in relation to the influence of a temperature change. It becomes apparent the impact of the transducer size and location on the quality of the damage detection. The results further indicate a significant influence of temperature on the measured spectra. However, applying the temperature compensation algorithm can reduce the temperature effect at the same time increasing the transducer sensitivity within its measuring area. The paper concludes with a discussion about the trade-off between the sensing area, where damage should be detected, and the temperature range, in which damage within this area can reliably be detected.

Feasibility of PZT ceramics for impact damage detection in composite structures

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerges Dib ◽  
Ermias Koricho ◽  
Oleksii Karpenko ◽  
Mahmood Haq ◽  
Lalita Udpa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Pzt Ceramics

Nondestructive Inspection Methods for Railroad Castings

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Carter ◽  
Kari Gonzales
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Particle ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Ultrasonic Pulse ◽  
Nondestructive Inspection ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Technology Center ◽  
Pulse Echo ◽  
Inspection Techniques

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) has investigated various nondestructive inspection (NDI) methods to determine if they are capable of reliably inspecting side frames, bolsters, knuckles, and couplers. The NDI methods used for this investigation include dry and wet (fluorescent) magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, alcohol wipe, visual, ultrasonic (pulse-echo and phased array), and radiography. Inspection results from all methods were used to determine which methods produced repeatable results. From the initial inspection analysis, TTCI engineers determined that the magnetic particle inspection method is the most capable for detecting defects in railroad castings. Further investigation of the magnetic particle technique was completed to develop reliable inspection methods for use on bolsters, side frames, knuckles, and couplers. Each of the inspection techniques have been used for inspections in the field. Using the results of the field tests, procedures were developed by TTCI and submitted to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Coupling Systems and Truck Castings Committee for review and implementation. The inspection procedures can be used by manufacturers, railroads, and car repair shops. Limitations of the inspection procedures include the amount of time necessary to perform the inspection and the reliability of detecting certain types of defects below the surface of the casting. Although these limitations exist, the procedures developed by TTCI are expected to improve the quality of in-service castings and reduce the number of train partings and derailments due to broken or cracked components.

scholarly journals A transmittance-based methodology for damage detection under uncertainty: An application to a set of composite beams with manufacturing variability subject to impact damage and varying operating conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 318-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aggelos G Poulimenos ◽  
John S Sakellariou
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Production Line ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Impact Damage ◽  
Parametric Representation ◽  
Composite Beams ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Ratio Test ◽  
Detection Characteristic ◽  
Testing Procedures

Oftentimes, the complexity in manufacturing composite materials leads to corresponding structures which although they may have the same design specifications they are not identical. Thus, composite parts manufactured in the same production line present differences in their dynamics which combined with additional uncertainties due to different operating conditions may lead to the complete concealment of effects caused by small, incipient, damages making their detection highly challenging. This damage detection problem in nominally identical composite structures is pursued in this study through a novel data-based response-only methodology that is founded on the autoregressive with exogenous (ARX) excitation parametric representation of the transmittance function between vibration measurements at two different locations on the structure. This is a statistical time series methodology within which two schemes are formulated. In the first, a single-reference transmittance model representing the healthy structure is employed, while multiple transmittance models from a sample of available healthy structures are used in the second. The model residual signal constitutes for both schemes the damage detection characteristic quantity that is used in appropriate hypothesis testing procedures with the likelihood ratio test. The methodology is experimentally assessed via damage detection for a population of composite beams which are manufactured in the same production line representing the half of the tail of a twin-boom unmanned aerial vehicle. The damage detection results demonstrate the superiority of the multiple transmittance models based scheme that may effectively detect damages under significant manufacturing variability and varying boundary conditions.

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