Damage Assessment of Structures an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Structural Mechanics Perspective

Abstract

This paper presents the perspective of the Structural Mechanics program of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research on the damage assessment of structures. It is found that damage assessment of structures plays a very important role in assuring the safety and operational readiness of Air Force fleet. The current fleet has many aging aircraft, which poses a considerable challenge for the operators and maintainers. The nondestructive evaluation technology is rather mature and able to detect damage with considerable reliability during the periodic maintenance inspections. The emerging structural health monitoring methodology has great potential, because it will use on-board damage detection sensors and systems, will be able to offer on-demand structural health bulletins. Considerable fundamental and applied research is still needed to enable the development, implementation, and dissemination of structural health monitoring technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA506777

Entities

People

  • Victor Giurgiutiu

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Biological Sciences
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Damage
  • Damage Assessment
  • Damage Detection
  • Detectors
  • Fracture (Mechanics)
  • Maintenance
  • Mechanics
  • Scientific Research
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Structural Mechanics
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.