Volumetric nondestructive evaluation for damage in carbon fiber reinforced polymer panels subjected to artificial lightning strikes

Ryan Spencer; Sanjita Wasti; Seokpum Kim; Merlin Theodore; Uday Vaidya; Ahmed Arabi Hassen; Vlastimil Kunc; Vipin Kumar

doi:10.1117/12.2614618

18 April 2022 Volumetric nondestructive evaluation for damage in carbon fiber reinforced polymer panels subjected to artificial lightning strikes

Ryan Spencer, Sanjita Wasti, Seokpum Kim, Merlin Theodore, Uday Vaidya, Ahmed Arabi Hassen, Vlastimil Kunc, Vipin Kumar

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Proceedings Volume 12047, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI; 1204705 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614618
Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2022, Long Beach, California, United States

Abstract

Aircrafts and wind turbine blades often get hit by lightning strikes due to their operating locations. With increasing incidents of lightning flashes every year due to global warming, damage assessment of CFRP structures after lightning strike to aircrafts and wind turbine blades is getting increasingly important. Many researchers are involved in designing better and more resilient lighting strike protection materials and often utilize non-destructuve evaluation (NDE) methods such as ultrasonic testing (UT), high-speed digital videograpgy, and high-speed IR thermography. In particular, UT is widely used due to its cost-effectiveness compared to other methods. Using UT imaging can obtain any potential damaged locations caused by lightning strike through the thickness of the composite specimens. Traditional UT and visual inspections only display the damage in units area, when in fact the UT data is volumetric. This study optimized the UT data to measure and display the volumetric damage after artificial lightning strike and is compared to the standardized visual inspection.

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Ryan Spencer, Sanjita Wasti, Seokpum Kim, Merlin Theodore, Uday Vaidya, Ahmed Arabi Hassen, Vlastimil Kunc, and Vipin Kumar "Volumetric nondestructive evaluation for damage in carbon fiber reinforced polymer panels subjected to artificial lightning strikes ", Proc. SPIE 12047, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI, 1204705 (18 April 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614618

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