Double pass retroreflection for corrosion detection in aircraft structures

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-86

  Komorowski, Jerzy P ^a   Krishnakumar, Shankar ^a   Gould, Ronald W ^a   Bellinger, Nicholas C ^a   Karpala, Frank ^b   Hageniers, Omer L ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Diffracto Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging aircraft; Aircraft structures; Corrosion; Eddy current testing; Finite element modeling; Lap splices; Nondestructive inspection; Shadow moir ; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; CORROSION; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FUSELAGES; INSPECTION; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SURFACES;

AGEING AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; DOUBLE PASS; DOUBLE-PASS TECHNIQUE; EDDY-CURRENT TESTING; LAP SPLICE; NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION; RETRO REFLECTION; SHADOW MOIRÉ; VISUAL INSPECTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSPECTION;

D SIGHT AIRCRAFT INSPECTION SYSTEM; DOUBLE PASS RETROREFLECTION; LAP SPLICES; SHADOW MOIRE;

EID: 0029733701     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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