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| Title: | Neutron radiography and other NDE tests of main rotor helicopter blades |
| Authors: | De Beer, FC
Coetzer, M
Fendeis, D
Silva, ADC |
| Keywords: | Neutron radiography
Aircraft structures
Corrosion
Nondestructive examination
Shearography
SAFARI-1
NDE
Nondestructive testing
NDT
NRad |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2004 |
| Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Sciences Ltd |
| Citation: | De Beer, FC, Coetzer, M, Fendis, D and Silva, ADC. 2004. Neutron radiography and other NDE tests of main rotor helicopter blades. Applied radiation and isotopes, vol 61 (4), pp 609-616 |
| Abstract: | A few nondestructive examination (NDE) techniques are extensively being used worldwide to investigate aircraft structures for all types of defects. The detection of corrosion and eliminations, which are believed to be the major initiators of defects leading to aircraft structural failures, are addressed by various NDE techniques. In a combined investigation by means of visual inspection, X-ray radiography and shearography on helicopter main rotor blades, neutron radiography (NRad) at SAFARI-1 research reactor operated by Necsa, was performed to introduce this form of NDE testing to the South African aviation industry to be evaluated for applicability. The results of the shearography, visual inspection and NRad techniques are compared in this paper. The main features and advantages of neutron radiography, within the framework of these investigations, will be highlighted |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1402
http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1402 |
| ISSN: | 0969-8043 |
| Appears in Collections: | Aeronautic systems
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