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Advanced CT Inspection
and Data Analysis
C
omposite materials for aerospace
& defense continue on
a path of market growth fueled
by tightening environmental
and economic targets. This
trend is occurring alongside rapid innovations
in design, manufacturing, automation
and cost reduction.
Although slowed by the global pandemic,
the increasing role of composites
for many industries is, in fact, a foregone
conclusion. More and more, composites
performance-expressed in the
elegant functionality of a curved
wingtip on an airliner or in the fewer,
thinner, winding fan blades of a GE9X
engine-demonstrate an accelerating
freedom-of-form and utility that makes
composites essential to the future.
Rapid innovation and success in composite
design and manufacturing also
means a required step-up in the technology
used to ensure that new designs
using enhanced production methods
are structurally sound. End-use safety in
aerospace is critical above all else and
goes hand-in-hand with achieving business
sustainability.
Advanced Design Needs Advanced
Inspection
Aerospace manufacturers are experienced
in visual, acoustic, ultrasonic,
and coordinate measuring machines
(CMM) for surface-dimension checks
and, more recently, radiographic-based
inspection methods. These are all tools
in the non-destructive testing (NDT) kit
that can be called upon depending on
Figure 1. (Left) Near-vertical winglet of an Airbus A380 illustrates the design freedom carbon-fiber structures can achieve in pursuit of improved drag efficiency.
Image courtesy of Airbus. (Right) The GE9X is the company's most quiet, fuel-efficient, clean-burning and powerful commercial aircraft engine to date. (Image
courtesy of General Electric)
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