ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF GRAPHITE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES
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Abstract Ultrasonic methods are extensively used for inspecting composite aircraft structures. These inspections play two principal roles: (1) Correction of fabrication and assembly problems through testing of prototype structures. (2) Monitoring of production composite fabrication processes. Through transmission ultrasonic (TTU) systems developed at Boeing for testing secondary aircraft composite components built with honeycomb construction will be described. A pulse-echo (PE) technique developed for composite laminates will also be shown. Examples will be given of pre-production and production problems detected with these techniques.
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OpenAlex topics: Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
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