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Advanced Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Techniques for Aircraft Structural Diagnostics: Methods and Applications
Abstract
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) plays a significant part in the aerospace industry in terms of providing complex solutions for safety, reliability, and efficiency of aircraft structures. It is in the identification of internal and external defects without affecting the integrity of the components that the extensive support towards the diagnosis of such issues as fatigue cracks, corrosion, and delamination of metals and composites by NDT methods is necessary (Foxall et al., 2018). In traditional inspection methods, the component would often have to be taken apart, and in some cases, destruction would have resulted from the evaluation. Aerospatial NDT studies like ultrasonic testing (UT), radiographic imaging (RT), thermography testing (TT), and eddy current testing (ET) have made it possible for precise, non-violative evaluation (Syaekhoni et al., 2017). State-of-art NDT technologies—robotics and artificial intelligence (AI)—have brought about revolutionary outcomes in the aircraft structural diagnostics. By complementing defect detection with AI-based algorithms, the accuracy has been raised, while the use of robotics has facilitated the carrying out of inspections at a distance with automation, thereby significantly reducing human error and minimizing downtimes during maintenance procedures (Adeniran et al., 2024). Similarly, these technologies promote the growing use of composite materials in the construction of modern aircraft, where the material-related inspection challenges are unique and complex (Mihart, 2012). Aircraft diagnostics has therefore not been left behind to exploit NDT for such uses as detecting micro-cracks in fuselage panels, grading corrosion in aging parts, and ensuring the structural quality of advanced composites. Such an approach just goes to enhance safety in operations, allow for lesser maintenance cost, shorten inspection times, and prolong the ill-fated lifespan of weak components (Blattberg & Sen, 1974). The very fact that NDT methods tend to undergo constant change not only emphasizes their importance, but also underscores their indispensability in attaining the stringent safety and effective operational prerequisites of the aerospace industry as it faces continuous growth in air travel demand globally (Beckett, 2000).
Keywords
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Aircraft Structural Diagnostics, Ultrasonic Testing, Radiographic Testing, Thermography, Eddy Current Testing, Aerospace Safety, Structural Health Monitoring, Composite Materials.
Citations
IRE Journals:
Felipe Suarez
"Advanced Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Techniques for Aircraft Structural Diagnostics: Methods and Applications" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 3 Issue 12 2020 Page 283-293
IEEE:
Felipe Suarez
"Advanced Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Techniques for Aircraft Structural Diagnostics: Methods and Applications" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 3(12)
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