Nondestructive Materials Characterization: With Applications to Aerospace Materials

✍ Scribed by N. Meyendorf, D. Eylon, G. S. Frankel (auth.), Professor Norbert G. H. Meyendorf, Professor Peter B. Nagy, Professor Stanislav I. Rokhlin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 435
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 67
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With an emphasis on aircraft materials, this book describes techniques for the material characterization to detect and quantify degradation processes such as corrosion and fatigue. It introduces readers to these techniques based on x-ray, ultrasonic, optical and thermal principles and demonstrates the potential of the techniques for a wide variety of applications concerning aircraft materials, especially aluminum and titanium alloys. The advantages and disadvantages of various techniques are evaluated. An introductory chapter describes the typical degradation mechanisms that must be considered and the microstructure features that have to be detected by NDE methods. Finally, some approaches for making lifetime predictions are discussed. It is suitable as a textbook in special training courses in advanced NDE and aircraft materials characterization.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Degradation of Aircraft Structures....Pages 1-25
Optical Detection of Surface Damage....Pages 26-57
Microradiographic and Foil Penetration Methods for Quantification of Localized Corrosion....Pages 58-112
Interferometric and Holographic Imaging of Surface Wave Patterns for Characterization of Material Degradation....Pages 113-141
Surface Acoustic Wave Characterization of Pitting Corrosion Damage with Fatigue Cracks....Pages 142-179
Ultrasonic Fatigue Crack Detection in Aluminum and Titanium Alloys....Pages 180-205
Early Detection of Fatigue Damage in Ti-6A1-4V with Nonlinear Acoustics....Pages 206-233
Ultrasonic Absorption Measurement....Pages 234-245
Thermographic Materials Characterization....Pages 246-285
Scanning Vibrating Electrode Technique as a Benchmark for NDE of Corrosion....Pages 286-293
Acoustic Imaging Techniques for Characterization of Corrosion, Corrosion Protective Coatings, and Surface Cracks....Pages 294-322
Scanning Probe Microscopy: Ultrasonic Force and Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy....Pages 323-355
High Resolution Microellipsometry....Pages 356-373
Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS)....Pages 374-411
Back Matter....Pages 413-418

✦ Subjects

Condensed Matter Physics; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Engineering, general