Volumetric Nondestructive Evaluation for Damage in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Panels Subjected to Artificial Lightning Strikes

Ryan Spencer; Sanjita Wasti; Seokpum Kim; Merlin Theodore; Uday Vaidya; Ahmed Arabi Hassen; Vlastimil Kunc; Vipin Kumar

doi:10.1117/12.2614618

Volumetric Nondestructive Evaluation for Damage in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Panels Subjected to Artificial Lightning Strikes

Ryan Spencer, Sanjita Wasti, Seokpum Kim, Merlin Theodore, Uday Vaidya, Ahmed Arabi Hassen, Vlastimil Kunc, Vipin Kumar

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Abstract

Aircrafts and wind turbine blades often get hit by lightning strikes due to their operating locations. With increasing incidents of lightning flashes every year due to global warming, damage assessment of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) structures after lightning strike to aircrafts and wind turbine blades is getting increasingly important. Many researchers are involved in designing better and more resilient lighting strike protection materials and often utilize nondestructuve evaluation (NDE) methods such as ultrasonic testing (UT), high-speed digital videograpgy, and high-speed infrared thermography (IRT). In particular, UT is widely used due to its cost-effectiveness compared to other methods. Using UT imaging can obtain any potential damaged locations caused by lightning strike through the thickness of the composite specimens. Common UT and visual inspection practices only display the damage in units area, when in fact the UT data is volumetric. This study optimized the UT data to measure and display the volumetric damage after artificial lightning strike and is compared to the standardized visual inspection.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI
Editors	H. Felix Wu, Andrew L. Gyekenyesi, Peter J. Shull, Tzuyang Yu
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510649699
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614618
State	Published - 2022
Event	Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: Apr 4 2022 → Apr 10 2022

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	12047
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI 2022
City	Virtual, Online
Period	04/4/22 → 04/10/22

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The published acknowledges the US government license to provide public access under the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan) Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. Part of this work was funded in part by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), U.S. Department of Energy, under Award Number DE-EE0006926. We gratefully acknowledge the Institute of Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) and the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), Oakridge National Laboratory (ORNL), TN, USA for financial and facilities support. Authors thank Dr. Chanyeop Park from Mississippi State University for doing the LS tests. The authors also appreciate Allison Shaver and Eilish Stanek for their efforts performing UT scanning and data collection.

Keywords

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Composite
Lightning Strike Protection
Nondestructive Evaluation
Wind Turbine

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Spencer, R., Wasti, S., Kim, S., Theodore, M., Vaidya, U., Hassen, A. A., Kunc, V., & Kumar, V. (2022). Volumetric Nondestructive Evaluation for Damage in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Panels Subjected to Artificial Lightning Strikes. In H. F. Wu, A. L. Gyekenyesi, P. J. Shull, & T. Yu (Eds.), Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI Article 1204705 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12047). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614618

Spencer, Ryan ; Wasti, Sanjita ; Kim, Seokpum et al. / Volumetric Nondestructive Evaluation for Damage in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Panels Subjected to Artificial Lightning Strikes. Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation XVI. editor / H. Felix Wu ; Andrew L. Gyekenyesi ; Peter J. Shull ; Tzuyang Yu. SPIE, 2022. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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