The wing and body panels of modern commercial and military aircraft often consist of a three-layer structure in which two thin skins of fibre-reinforced composite or of aluminium are held apart by a much thicker core consisting of a honeycomb structure made from either folded paper-like material impregnated with aramid resin or from thin, folded aluminium sheet. A major maintenance inspection problem arises from the fact that impact by a heavy soft object has the potential to deflect the skin and damage the core, after which the skin can return to its original shape so that the defect is nearly invisible. This paper gives details of an acoustic inspection system that can reveal such damage and provide information on its nature and size using a hand-held 'pitch-catch' device that can be scanned over the suspected area to produce a visual display on a computer screen. The whole system operates in the frequency range 10-30 kHz and embedded programs provide optimal examination procedures.


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    Title :

    Acoustic detection of invisible damage in aircraft composite panels


    Additional title:

    Akustische Detektion nicht-sichtbarer Schäden in Flugzeug-Verbundwerkstoffelementen


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Applied Acoustics ; 70 , 1 ; 110-119


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 17 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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