Residual Life Predictions of Composite Aircraft Structures Via Nondestructive Testing, Part 2: Degradation Modeling and Residual Life Prediction

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1310-1319

  Nagem, Raymond J ^a   Seng, Jocelyn M ^b   Williams Jr , James H ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Nondestructive testing; Ultrasonic testing; X radiography

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FORECASTING; HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATERIALS TESTING; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; DEGRADATION MODEL; LIFE PREDICTION MODELS; MARGIN OF SAFETY; MATERIALS EVALUATION; RESIDUAL LIFE PREDICTION; STABILITY MARGINS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; X-RADIOGRAPHY;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0002885509     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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