Development of Fieldable Systems for Inspecting Aircraft Composite Structures

D. K. Hsu et al., "Development of Fieldable Systems for Inspecting Aircraft Composite Structures", Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 270-273, pp. 1845-1851, 2004

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August 2004

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David K. Hsu, J.J. Peters, Daniel J. Barnard

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Air-Coupled Ultrasound, Composite, Computer Aided Tap Test

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[1] Hsu, D, Barnard, D, Peters, J, Dayal, V, 2000, Physical basis of tap test as a quantitative imaging tool for composite structures on aircraft, Rev. Prog. Quantitative NDE, Vol. 19, eds. D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, Amer. Inst. Phys. Melville, New York. pp.1857-1864.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1306256

[2] Peters, J, Barnard, D, Hudelson, N, Simpson, T, Hsu, D, 2000, A prototype tap testing imaging system: Initial field test results, Rev. Prog. Quantitative NDE, Vol. 19, eds. D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, Amer. Inst. Phys. Melville, New York. p.2053-(2060).

[3] Barnard, D, Peters, J, Hsu, D, 2001, Development of a magnetic cam for the computer aided tap test system, Rev. Prog. Quantitative NDE, Vol. 20, eds. D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, Amer. Inst. Phys. Melville, New York. p.1966-(1971).

[4] Peters, J, Nielsen, Z, Hsu, D, 2001, Comparison of local stiffness of composite honeycomb sandwich structures measured by tap test and mechanical test, Rev. Prog. Quantitative NDE, Vol. 20, eds. D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, Amer. Inst. Phys. Melville, New York. pp.1031-1038.

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