Shearographic nondestructive inspection on the B-2 program

Collin E. Bohn

doi:10.1117/12.213536

7 July 1995 Shearographic nondestructive inspection on the B-2 program

Collin E. Bohn

Proceedings Volume 2455, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, Aerospace Hardware, and Materials; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.213536
Event: Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Infrastructure, 1995, Oakland, CA, United States

Abstract

The advent of the B-2 program brought many unique and challenging demands upon the nondestructive inspection (NDI) organization. One of the most important was the verification of bondline integrity on bonded composite structural assemblies. Skin-to-core bondline integrity inspections of low `Z' composite materials used on the B-2 program presented formidable challenges to conventional NDI techniques. In addition to these difficult anomaly detection requirements, a projected high-rate of inspection (14,000 sq ft/month) necessitated that an innovative, rapid inspection method be implemented to support critical production schedules.

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Collin E. Bohn "Shearographic nondestructive inspection on the B-2 program", Proc. SPIE 2455, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, Aerospace Hardware, and Materials, (7 July 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.213536

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