Advanced Instrumentation and Measurements for Early Nondestructive Evaluation of Damage and Defects in Aerostructures and Aging Aircraft

Abstract

The project is divided into eight tasks which range from the development of NDE instrumentation, theoretical measurement models and experimental techniques, to more basic studies of the initiation and development of fatigue cracks and the magnetic measurement of the electrical currents that are generated during corrosion in aluminum structures. Key aspects of this work have already been transitioned to the Air Force, and a regular program of corrosion measurements in ongoing to support maintenance of the KC-135.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 11, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381761

Entities

People

  • John P. Wikswo, Jr.

Organizations

  • Vanderbilt University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Image Processing
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetometers
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.