Fast, Accurate, and Reliable Detection of Damage in Aircraft Composites by Advanced Synergistic Infrared Thermography and Phased Array Techniques

Janardhan Padiyar M.; Luca Zanotti Fragonara; Ivan Petrunin; Joao Raposo; Antonios Tsourdos; Iain Gray; Spyridoyla Farmaki; Dimitrios Exarchos; Theodore E. Matikas; Konstantinos G. Dassios

doi:10.3390/app11062778

Applied Sciences (Mar 2021)

Fast, Accurate, and Reliable Detection of Damage in Aircraft Composites by Advanced Synergistic Infrared Thermography and Phased Array Techniques

Janardhan Padiyar M.,
Luca Zanotti Fragonara,
Ivan Petrunin,
Joao Raposo,
Antonios Tsourdos,
Iain Gray,
Spyridoyla Farmaki,
Dimitrios Exarchos,
Theodore E. Matikas,
Konstantinos G. Dassios

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Janardhan Padiyar M.: School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Luca Zanotti Fragonara: School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Ivan Petrunin: School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Joao Raposo: School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Antonios Tsourdos: School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Iain Gray: School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Spyridoyla Farmaki: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
Dimitrios Exarchos: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
Theodore E. Matikas: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
Konstantinos G. Dassios: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062778
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 6
p. 2778

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This paper presents an advanced methodology for the detection of damage in aircraft composite materials based on the sensor fusion of two image-based non-destructive evaluation techniques. Both of the techniques, phased-array ultrasonics and infra-red thermography, are benchmarked on an aircraft-grade painted composite material skin panel with stringers. The sensors systems for carrying out the inspections have been developed and miniaturized for being integrated on a vortex-robotic platform inspector, in the framework of a larger research initiative, the Horizon-2020 ‘CompInnova’ project.

Published in Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2076-3417 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); Science: Biology (General); Science: Physics; Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci

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