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Non-Destructive Testing in Aircraft Servicing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

M. Murden
M. Murden*
Affiliation:
Central Servicing Development Establishment, RAF Swanton Morley, now No. 390 Maintenance Unit, RAF Seletar, Singapore
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Summary

During recent years, with the introduction of more complex aircraft structures, new techniques of aircraft servicing have been needed. It is essential to find even the smallest defects at a very early stage, but costly strip-examination must be avoided so far as possible.

Non-destructive testing is now playing an important part in this field, but many aeronautical engineers are unaware of the capabilities and limitations of the main methods.

This paper sets out to explain the basic principles of radiography, ultrasonic testing and eddy current testing. Since sampling inspections using these methods are now a mandatory requirement on all civil aircraft the paper should be of interest to all readers.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 666 , June 1966 , pp. 632 - 638
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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