Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions

One of the principal criteria of aircraft composite design strength on the conditions of damage tolerance is the minimum defect size of accidental impact damage that is sure to be located during regular maintenance checks. Construction strength with similar (BVID – Barely Visible Impact Damage) and...

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Main Authors: S. V. Dubinskiy, Yu. M. Feygenbaum, V. Ya. Senik
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation 2019-12-01
Series:Научный вестник МГТУ ГА
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Online Access:https://avia.mstuca.ru/jour/article/view/1620
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description One of the principal criteria of aircraft composite design strength on the conditions of damage tolerance is the minimum defect size of accidental impact damage that is sure to be located during regular maintenance checks. Construction strength with similar (BVID – Barely Visible Impact Damage) and smaller damages must be ensured under design load. The analysis of operational factors affecting the criterion value is conducted in the paper. The effects of personnel qualification, surface color, level of contamination, distance to the object as well as defect size variations during the time due to relaxation of inner strains in the damaged construction were studied.Research was carried out using 90 carbon fiber three stinger panels of different color and contamination levels which were subject to impact damages by a 25 mm spherical striker. Totally 80 blows were struck when applying energy within the range of 3–107 J. In the visual damage detectability test under different conditions 42 experts were participated including 25 airlines inspectors. For the statistical analysis of empirical data and determination of dependence for the damage detection probability on its size, the Weibull function was utilized. Determination of BVID size using "90/95" criterion was performed by means of the bootstrap method (95% of inspectors must detect not less than 90% of defects with the size not smaller than BVID). The results obtained in this study enabled to access the degree of various operational factors impact on reliability of damage detectability during the visual inspection and determine BVID values depending on the combination of the given factors. In particular, it was demonstrated that from all the viewing distances the defects in polymer composite materials are more detectable on the blue surface than on the gray and red ones. Conducted research demonstrated a significant effect of relaxation (the reduction effect of the surface defect sizes in the composite panel affected by different factors during time span) on the probability of defect detectability during operation. Also water saturation of the construction under excessive temperatures has the critical compared with other factors impact on relaxation of damages in polymer composite materials. The obtained results accord with the data in foreign publications making them more supplement and specific. On the basis of conducted research the entire range of recommendations for aircraft designers and operators utilizing composite constructions is formulated.
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spelling doaj.art-a970cd6255574ec5ae63b8f19f004f402023-03-13T07:19:20ZrusMoscow State Technical University of Civil AviationНаучный вестник МГТУ ГА2079-06192542-01192019-12-01226869910.26467/2079-0619-2019-22-6-86-991331Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructionsS. V. Dubinskiy0Yu. M. Feygenbaum1V. Ya. Senik2Центральный аэрогидродинамический институт им. Н.Е. ЖуковскогоГосударственный научно-исследовательский институт гражданской авиацииЦентральный аэрогидродинамический институт им. Н.Е. ЖуковскогоOne of the principal criteria of aircraft composite design strength on the conditions of damage tolerance is the minimum defect size of accidental impact damage that is sure to be located during regular maintenance checks. Construction strength with similar (BVID – Barely Visible Impact Damage) and smaller damages must be ensured under design load. The analysis of operational factors affecting the criterion value is conducted in the paper. The effects of personnel qualification, surface color, level of contamination, distance to the object as well as defect size variations during the time due to relaxation of inner strains in the damaged construction were studied.Research was carried out using 90 carbon fiber three stinger panels of different color and contamination levels which were subject to impact damages by a 25 mm spherical striker. Totally 80 blows were struck when applying energy within the range of 3–107 J. In the visual damage detectability test under different conditions 42 experts were participated including 25 airlines inspectors. For the statistical analysis of empirical data and determination of dependence for the damage detection probability on its size, the Weibull function was utilized. Determination of BVID size using "90/95" criterion was performed by means of the bootstrap method (95% of inspectors must detect not less than 90% of defects with the size not smaller than BVID). The results obtained in this study enabled to access the degree of various operational factors impact on reliability of damage detectability during the visual inspection and determine BVID values depending on the combination of the given factors. In particular, it was demonstrated that from all the viewing distances the defects in polymer composite materials are more detectable on the blue surface than on the gray and red ones. Conducted research demonstrated a significant effect of relaxation (the reduction effect of the surface defect sizes in the composite panel affected by different factors during time span) on the probability of defect detectability during operation. Also water saturation of the construction under excessive temperatures has the critical compared with other factors impact on relaxation of damages in polymer composite materials. The obtained results accord with the data in foreign publications making them more supplement and specific. On the basis of conducted research the entire range of recommendations for aircraft designers and operators utilizing composite constructions is formulated.https://avia.mstuca.ru/jour/article/view/1620композитная конструкциямалозаметное ударное повреждение (bvid)осмотррелаксация
spellingShingle S. V. Dubinskiy
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Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions
Научный вестник МГТУ ГА
композитная конструкция
малозаметное ударное повреждение (bvid)
осмотр
релаксация
title Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions
title_full Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions
title_fullStr Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions
title_full_unstemmed Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions
title_short Determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions
title_sort determination of strength criteria on conditions of visual testability of impact damage in composite aircraft constructions
topic композитная конструкция
малозаметное ударное повреждение (bvid)
осмотр
релаксация
url https://avia.mstuca.ru/jour/article/view/1620
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