The purpose of the work described is to evaluate the use of acoustic emission (AE) methods to detect fatigue crack growth in aircraft structure during operation. A unique AE monitor system installed on an Australian Air Force Macchi 326 aircraft has detected AE which correlates with slow crack growth during operation over the past year and a half.
In-flight fatigue crack monitoring using acoustic emission
Ermuedungsbruch-Ueberwachung waehrend des Fluges mit Hilfe der akustischen Emission
ISA Transactions ; 20 , 1 ; 79-83
1981
5 Seiten, 11 Bilder
Article (Journal)
English
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