Background
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is one of the most essential assets in aerospace structural design. No component manufactured is allowed to pass without having been confronted with any of the various NDT procedures being around. As such NDT is a guarantee for safety in aerospace and a subject of highest attention.
Although aerospace industries have to clearly stick to certified NDT procedures, there is a large amount of technology being currently developed within engineering science which is worth to be discussed on the verge of applicability. The widespread use of modern materials as well as new manufacturing processes in the aerospace industry has also given rise to many new questions regarding their reliability and methods in the light of non-destructive evaluation, both from a research as well as a manufacturing point of view. The continuous discussion on carbon fibre reinforced composites versus high performance metals substitution and vice versa is just an example among many other aspects being discussed.
This symposium intends to stimulate those discussions from a scientific as well as from an industrial applications point of view. It is based on the experience gathered along a first symposium of that nature successfully held in Fürth/Germany in December 2008. This symposium attracted around 150 participants from 15 countries world wide, and was combined with an exhibition of NDT technology providers. It is sought the symposium to be held on an annual basis from 2010 onwards, alternating between Germany and another country throughout the world, with the country to change every time in the latter case.
Scope
The symposium will try to expand on the experience gathered so far. During three days, latest results and methods will be presented and discussed regarding topics including the following:
- Advanced Signal Processing and Integration
- Aging Aircraft
- Automated Inspection and Evaluation
- Damage Tolerance
- Emerging Technologies
- Image Formation and Processing
- Materials Characterisation
- NDT for Systems
- Overhaul and Maintenance
- Structural Health Monitoring SHM
Presentations addressing the topics mentioned above and considering any NDT methods proposed such as thermal imaging, eddy current, ultrasonics, optics, X-ray testing and many others will be most welcome. Opportunities for exhibition of technology and posters will be provided, as well as technical visits to relevant aerospace companies.
Development Center X-ray Technology EZRT
Dr. Randolf Hanke |
Fraunhofer IZFP and Saarland University
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Boller |
German Society for Nondestructive Testing
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Purschke |