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![]() From a recent Masters thesis at my place of employment: "Canadian Forces (CF) CF188 Hornet fighter aircraft have been plagued with water ingress and related damages in the composite flight control surfaces. Different Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspections such as neutron radiology (which include neutron radiography and neutron radioscopy), X-radiography, IR thermography and Ultrasonic testing, have indicated various types and stages of failure in the graphite/epoxy skin and aluminum honeycomb core. Water ingress is considered to be the origin of damage such as corrosion, delamination and disbond, and is found predominately in rudders; hence, water ingress detection in rudders is of foremost importance and is the focus of this study. Although studies have shown that, in principle, neutron radiography is considered to be the superior NDT method for detecting water ingress in flight control surfaces, the effectiveness of the system has never been quantified. A quantitative measure of system effectiveness or system reliability provides a methodical approach to evaluating system capability. Moreover, system reliability information can be used to find a Safe Inspection Interval (SII) to inhibit the onset of corrosion and other defects due to water accumulation. A methodical and intensive study of four techniques was carried out in accordance with the Nondestructive Evaluation System Reliability Assessment Handbook (MIL-HDBK-1823) to generate Probability of Detection (POD) curves to assess the reliabilities of the NDT systems for detecting water inside rudders. The study concluded that, using the neutron radiology system at RMC, neutron radiography was determined to be the most reliable NDT method employed by the CF and that neutron radiography could detect a water volume as low as 6.85 ?L for 90% of the time with 95% confidence. Reliability of neutron radiography for water detection in the rudder was quantified at 6.85 ?L, compared to 8.27 ?L for neutron radioscopy, 7.33 ?L for IR thermography, and 28.2 ?L for X-radiography. Furthermore, this study has revealed a common trend for water entry and migration." The only catch is that you need access to a nuclear reactor (we have a SlowPoke) to do this. Cheers Marty |
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