Sietl, United States of America
Sietl, United States of America
Composite materials are widely used in a number of industrial sectors from aviation, space, to boat building, automotive, and sports goods. In recent years composite structures have seen a substantial increase of their use in the new generation of airplanes. The nondestructive testing and inspection of composite structures, both for manufacturing quality assurance and for in-service damage detection, has prompted the development and adaptation of a number of methods and techniques over the years. In this paper we review the various NDT methods for inspecting composites including water- and air-coupled ultrasound, bond testing, manual and automated tap testing, radiography, thermography, and shearography with emphasis given to techniques that demonstrated benefits to the practice of composite inspection.
composite materials, discontinuities, ultrasonic testing, bond testing, radiograph, thermography, shearography
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