Non-Contact Non-Destructive Testing Methods for Large-Scale Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Aircraft Parts
Non-Contact Non-Destructive Testing Methods for Large-Scale Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Aircraft Parts
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2025
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Deutz, D.B.
Bosch, A.F.
Baptista, D.E.
Veen, E.S. van
Platenkamp, D.J.
Jansen, H.P.
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© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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This research was funded from the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 9455583 and No. 958303 and from the EU's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 101101978. This paper does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.
Abstract
Non-contact NDT methods that can provide fast, automated, in-line quality assurance information on the manufacturing and maintenance of large-scale, thin-walled aircraft parts are necessary for the implementation of thermoplastic CFRP in the next generation of aircraft. Infrared thermography (IRT) is a promising method to fill this gap. Here, the detection of flat bottom holes, inclusions, and interlaminar delaminations in fuselage skin is studied for two types of IRT and compared with ultrasound inspection. Unique to this work are three demonstrations of the potential of IRT to deliver a time-effective, automated inspection approach for large-scale, thin-walled thermoplastic CFRP aircraft parts.
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Deutz, D. B., Bosch, A. F., Baptista, D. E., Veen, E. S., Platenkamp, D. J., & Jansen, H. P. (2025). Non-Contact Non-Destructive Testing Methods for Large-Scale Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Aircraft Parts. Engineering Proceedings, 90(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2025090025