In response to the need for lightweight design in industries, composite materials are increasingly used to replace traditional metal tubes. However, subsurface defects such as voids, delaminations, and microcracks are still remaining common issues in composite pressure tubes. This paper introduces an application of Digital Shearography method in the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of high-pressure composite tubes. A new prototype high-pressure composite tube with a working pressure of 1000 psi range is tested using the digital Shearography method. To detect the sub-surface defects, a reference Shearographic phase map is created at 0 psi state, after that the composite tube is pressured using an oil pump, then the second Shearographic phase map is created at the pressured state. By subtracting the two shearographic phase maps created in different pressure state, the sub-surface defects can be identified clearly. The Shearographic NDT result is then compared with CT scan result. The Shearographic NDT fundamentals, optimization of Shearographic NDT setup for high rigidity objects, experiment setup, and testing results are shown in detail in this paper.
Shearographic Nondestructive Testing for High-Pressure Composite Tubes
Sae Technical Papers
WCX World Congress Experience ; 2018
2018-04-03
Conference paper
English
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