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The reliability of inspection techniques in relation to damage tolerant design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. E. W. Stone*
Affiliation:
Materials and Structures Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough

Extract

This paper is concerned especially with the reliability of inspection in the nondestructive testing of military aircraft structures. The first part considers design philosophies, examines how the requirements for inspection arise and highlights the difference between the approaches being adopted in the USA and in the UK.

The second part examines what data are already available on the reliability of inspection and discusses the UK programmes that are aimed at gathering more data.

Type
The use of reliability techniques to improve structural efficiency
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1988 

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