NDT has played a significant role in the transition of composite materials from research and development to the fleet of the US Navy. Methods that accommodate the large scale, multilayered complexity typical of marine composites have been evaluated and documented to ensure that the composite structures arrive in the fleet as mission ready, and remain mission ready throughout the lifetime of the platforms on which they are used. While visual testing has played a major role in the quality control and testing of fiberglass composites used by the Navy to date, ultrasonic testing is seen as playing a larger role for future Navy composite structures since carbon fiber composites will be used for these shipboard applications. To further ensure fabricated part quality and to reduce testing costs, process control and cure monitoring systems will be developed and used in conjunction with conventional NDT to a provide life-cycle assessment of these Navy composite structures.
The role and use of nondestructive testing for US Navy composite ship structures
Die Rolle und der Einsatz der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung bei Verbundwerkstoff-Schiffsstrukturen der US-Navy
Materials Evaluation ; 65 , 7 ; 752-758
2007
7 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 5 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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