Acoustic emission for monitoring aircraft structures

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Holford, K M ^a   Pullin, R ^a   Evans, S L ^a   Eaton, M J ^a   Hensman, J ^b   Worden, K ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Aircraft components; Fatigue cracks; Fault detection; Fault location; Principal component analysis; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TECHNIQUES; AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS; AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES; AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DAMAGE LOCATION; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FAULT LOCATION; LANDING GEAR; LOCATION ANALYSIS; LOCATION TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION; NEW APPROACHES; NEW DESIGN; NOISE SIGNALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; CRACK DETECTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FAULT DETECTION; LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT); LOCATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249146455     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544100JAERO404     Document Type: Article

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