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Aircraft inspection validation experiments and the use of NDI validation samples

Journal Article · · Materials Evaluation
OSTI ID:99216
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  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The development and application of emerging nondestructive inspection (NDI) techniques must keep pace with the growing understanding of aircraft structural aging phenomena. This article presents the important infrastructure -- both hardware and procedural -- used by the FAA`s Aging Aircraft NDI Validation Center (AANC) to validate NDI techniques for aircraft applications. Several examples of ongoing experiments are provided to demonstrate how the validation process is implemented.

OSTI ID:
99216
Journal Information:
Materials Evaluation, Journal Name: Materials Evaluation Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 53; ISSN MAEVAD; ISSN 0025-5327
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English