New ICT approach to Automate Non-destructive Testing and Inspections with Evaluation of Damage Tolerance in Composite Structures (NDT2DT)

NDT2DT项目旨在开发软件工具，将复合材料结构的两种最先进技术结合在一起。近年来，快速相控阵超声和X射线层析成像技术在复合材料内部损伤三维体积成像方面取得了重大进展。与此同时，评估损伤容限(DT)的建模技术正迅速在有限元分析(FEA)程序中实施。该项目将这两种技术结合起来，使无损检测(NDT)检测方法能够迅速给被检测的复合材料资产的操作员提供定性的决策。建议的技术可应用于质量控制(制造)、维护或在役检查。目前，使用的检查方法可能会发现损坏，但任何评估都取决于资产所有者的工程判断。该项目的主要目标是开发软件工具，以便能够将在复合材料结构上获得的无损检测信息直接传输到有限元分析代码中，以便进行后续的失效分析。

The NDT2DT project aims to develop software tools to bring together two state of the art technologies for composite material structures. In the recent years, significant advances have been made in rapid, phased array ultrasonic and X-ray tomography for 3D volumetric mapping of internal damage of composites. In parallel, the modelling techniques to assess damage tolerance (DT) are rapidly being implemented in finite element analysis (FEA) codes. This project is to join these two technologies together so that the non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection method will rapidly give a qualitative decision to the operator of the composite material asset being inspected. The proposed techniques can apply to quality control (manufacturing), maintenance or in-service inspections. Currently, the inspection methods used may detect damage but any assessment relies on the engineering judgement of the asset owner. The main objective of this project is to develop software tools that will enable the transfer of NDT information obtained on composite material structures directly into the FEA code for subsequent failure analysis.