Conventional non-destructive inspection (NDI) methodologies used on composite aircraft, such as visual inspections, coin-tap inspections, and A-scan ultrasonic inspection, face a number of limitations in their ability to rapidly inspect large-scale composite parts while maintaining adequate diagnostics required for composite inspection. These limitations include the size of the inspected area (typically a point source) and […]
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