Aircraft composites assessment by means of transient thermal NDT

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-162

  Avdelidis, N P ^a,b   Almond, D P ^b   Dobbinson, A ^b   Hawtin, B C ^b,c   Ibarra Castanedo, C ^d   Maldague, X ^d  

^a IRT and Materials Consultancy   (Greece)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MAINTENANCE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AIRCRAFT COMPOSITES; AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES; PULSED THERMOGRAPHY; SKIN IMAGING;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 2642519805     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2004.03.001     Document Type: Review

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