This paper provides a summary of the Australian experience with infrared thermography as a nondestructive inspection (NDI) tool for through-life support of aircraft within the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It covers the key variants of active thermography including flash, synchronous (or lock-in), and sonic as well as thermoelastic stress analysis and presents a range of applications to military aircraft including the F/A-18, F-111, and the MRH-90. This work, done by the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation over a period of a decade, has helped to clarify some of the key challenges confronting the introduction of infrared thermography as a routine method of inspection within the ADF. It is argued that the importance of infrared thermography is set to grow with the emergence of aircraft like the Tiger and MRH-90 which are assembled from light-weight composite materials that are amenable to thermal forms of inspection.
An Australian perspective on the application of infrared thermography to the inspection of military aircraft
Eine australische Perspektive der Anwendung von Infrarotthermographie auf die Prüfung von Militärflugzeugen
2010
10 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 8 Quellen
Conference paper
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English
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