Objective Most developments with the exception of one or two have found practical applications within the end-users, either in production or maintenance. Exploitation procedures based on signal and image processing developments and on some innovative devices (Eddy Mouse) have already been introduced. For the final meeting in Paris most of the developments were set up for a comprehensive demonstration. All the demonstrations were successful in presenting a high degree of achievements. Industrial applications are numerous. Shearography is a strong contender for the inspection of sandwich structures, and with further developments its scope of applications can be largely extended. Ultrasonic inspection should benefit from powerful expertise tools as well as enlarging its field of applications with the innovative aircoupled transducers. Reliability, speed and precision for fatigue crack and corrosion detection and sizing should be the main benefits of the improvements and developments made in Eddy Current.The increasing use of composite materials has brought new problems for maintenance such as random impacts damages which come on top of those related to metallic materials such as corrosion and fatigue cracks.Within this project it is intended to develop new Non Destructive Testing methods such as shearography and air coupled scanning ultrasounds and to improve current one's such as eddy current and conventional ultrasonic inspection for improvement of speed and reliability of inspection.The proposed project will combine activities from research, industry and engineering software consultant to achieve the different tasks :- development of a real time phase stepped shearography system with advanced camera design, image processing and investigation of different loading systems (thermal, vacuum, vibrational)- development of airborne ultrasonic scanning- improve defect characterization through application of advanced signal processing and the development of a random phase transducer- improve data storageEddy current methods will be upgraded with new methods of excitation and analysis. Artificial Intelligence will be evaluated and equipment characterization is strongly considered.Precompetitive prototypes for each of the NDT methods involved will be provided with specification for industrial transfer. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processingnatural sciencesphysical sciencesacousticsultrasound Programme(s) FP3-BRITE/EURAM 2 - Specific programme (EEC) of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 2.1.3 - Maintainability and reliability Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Dassault Aviation SA Address 78 quai marcel dassault 92214 Saint-cloud France See on map EU contribution No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Agusta SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via giovanni agusta 520 21017 Cascina costa di samarate (varese) See on map Other funding No data British Aerospace Defence Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Warton aerodrome warton PR4 1AX Preston See on map Other funding No data Centro Informazioni Studi ed Esperienze SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via reggio emilia 39 20090 Segrate See on map Other funding No data Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus GmbH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hünefeldstraße 1-5 28199 Bremen See on map Other funding No data FOKKER AIRCRAFT BV Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Po box 7600 1117 ZJ Schipol-oost See on map Other funding No data HELLENIC AEROSPACE INDUSTRY LTD (HAI) Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Po box 23 32009 Schimatari See on map Other funding No data INTRASOFT SA Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2 adrianiou street 11525 Athens See on map Other funding No data MBB GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 8072 Manching See on map Other funding No data ROHMANN GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rudolf-diesel-straße 13 6710 Frankenthal See on map Other funding No data SAAB SCANIA AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 58188 Linkoping See on map Other funding No data TU DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Po box 5046 2600 GA Delft See on map Other funding No data University of Strathclyde United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Royal college 204 george street G1 1XW Glasgow See on map Other funding No data
