NDE of rivet holes in aging aircraft components using Lamb waves

Ajit K. Mal; Zensheu Chang

doi:10.1117/12.305037

31 March 1998 NDE of rivet holes in aging aircraft components using Lamb waves

Ajit K. Mal, Zensheu Chang

Proceedings Volume 3397, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305037
Event: Non-Destructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure and Manufacturing, 1998, San Antonio, TX, United States

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the quantitative nondestructive evaluation of corrosion around and cracks emanating from rivet holes in typical aircraft structural components. Current techniques for detecting defects around rivet holes are time consuming and qualitative. A recently developed ultrasonic technique using plate guided Lamb waves as probes has been found to be successful in laboratory specimens and appear to have the potential to improve the speed and robustness of the inspection. The general features and future prospects of the method is described in the paper.

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Ajit K. Mal and Zensheu Chang "NDE of rivet holes in aging aircraft components using Lamb waves", Proc. SPIE 3397, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware II, (31 March 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305037

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