Abstract
Critical aircraft structures are susceptible to hidden corrosion. Find-it and fix-it approaches are inefficient as it relates to managing the problems associated with corrosion. More comprehensive corrosion information may be obtained using data fusion from several detection and evaluation methods. To this end, microwave, conventional and pulsed eddy current data from a multi-layer corroded panel, representing an aircraft lap joint, are fused and used as inputs to a structural analysis model to obtain a comprehensive snapshot of the corroded environment. This paper presents the data fusion algorithm and the structural analysis model along with a discussion of the results.
Recommended Citation
K. Gupta and M. T. Ghasr and S. Kharkovsky and R. Zoughi and R. J. Stanley and A. Padwal and M. O'Keefe and D. D. Palmer and J. Blackshire and G. Steffes and N. Wood, "Fusion of Microwave and Eddy Current Data for a Multi-Modal Approach in Evaluating Corrosion under Paint and in Lap Joints," Proceedings of Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (2006, Portland, OR), vol. 894, no. 1, pp. 611 - 618, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Mar 2006.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2718027
Meeting Name
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (2006: Jul. 20-Aug. 4, Portland, OR)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Second Department
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Corrosion Testing; Eddy Current Testing; Microwaves; Sensor Fusion; Corrosion and Pitting under Paint Detection and Evaluation; Data Fusion; Nondestructive Evaluation; Structural Analysis
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-0735403994
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0094-243X
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Mar 2006
