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.

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

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