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There are a variety of non-destructive inspection and testing methods for composite, like ultrasonic c-scans and pulsed thermography that I know of. And you ca
by sottol 3y ago
There are a variety of non-destructive inspection and testing methods for composite, like ultrasonic c-scans and pulsed thermography that I know of.
And you can produce reliable composite parts (you don't want homogenous, but them to come out exactly as spec'ed) under strict control, but it doesn't look like they necessarily did that here. They seem to have eg foregone autoclave curing of the tube section probably due to cost.
- _yb2s 3y agoThey could have identified defects with non-destructive testing, but they almost certainly would have found a huge number of them, and had no way to reliably model the importance/potential impact of them.