Industry Partners: Boeing, Cessna, Northwest Airlines
Objectives:
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To transition the pulsed eddy current (PEC) technology from the developer to the user community and to facilitate its rapid introduction and acceptance in commercial aviation
- To develop and
demonstrate new PEC-based detection and characterization methods for
small fatigue cracks in multi-layered aircraft structures
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To transition the PEC methodologies for corrosion and crack detection in cooperation with the industrial partners
Approach:
- Provide 1st generation
PEC hardware/software for industry evaluation for corrosion and crack
detection applications
- Adaptation existing
system to commercial scanner
- Initiate crack detection studies to assess sensitivity and optimize probe designs for industry applications
- Develop 2nd generation
system with industry feedback
- Demonstrate 2nd
generation system on industry defined applications
Pulsed eddy current techniques being developed will enable crack detection at a variety of depths.
Products:
- Improved pulsed
eddy current system for use
in aviation applications
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For more information about CASR please contact:
Lisa Brasche
Iowa State University
casr@cnde.iastate.edu