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Rapid & Reliable Detection and Analysis of Defects in Aerospace Components

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Project Partners

• Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures
• Defence Materials Technology Centre
• Defence Science and Technology Organisation
• GKN Aerospace

Research Engineers

• Tim Barry

Overview

The objective of this project is to develop a fault detection and classification system for manufacturing defects in composite materials using ultrasonic inspection tools. Current best practice involves manual inspection of each panel by a trained expert in ultrasonic inspection and as a result is very time and labour intensive.

Key outcomes for this project include: A database of ultrasonic signal responses to various defects in selected composite materials; Development of algorithms to identify normal ultrasonic signal responses of faults in new materials; Fuzzy results reporting by indicating percentage match of current scan to each possible fault.

Ultrasonic Scanning Apparatus

F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Variant A

Ultrasonics Data Displayed in C-Scan, B-Scan and A-Scan formats