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Thermal inspection of composite honeycomb structures
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Zalameda, Joseph N. Parker, F. Raymond |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Composite honeycomb structures continue to be widely used in aerospace applications due to their low weight and high strength advantages. Developing nondestructive evaluation (NDE) inspection methods are essential for their safe performance. Pulsed thermography is a commonly used technique for composite honeycomb structure inspections due to its large area and rapid inspection capability. Pulsed thermography is shown to be sensitive for detection of face sheet impact damage and face sheet to core disbond. Data processing techniques, using principal component analysis to improve the defect contrast, are presented. In addition, limitations to the thermal detection of the core are investigated. Other NDE techniques, such as computed tomography X-ray and ultrasound, are used for comparison to the thermography results. |
| File Size | 554298 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140006406 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t76t5p06x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-05-06 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Nondestructive Tests Debonding Materials Inspection Principal Components Analysis Honeycomb Structures Composite Structures Impact Damage Ultrasonics Thermography Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
