Visual inspection reliability for composite aircraft structures

This thesis presents a study of the effects of surface colour, surface finish and dent shape on the visual inspection reliability of 3D surface indentations common in shape to those produced by impact damage to carbon fibre reinforced epoxy laminates. Falling weight (2.5kg) apparatus was used to pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Lawrence
Other Authors: Irving, Phil E.
Language:en
Published: Cranfield University 2012
Online Access:http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/6834