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Electromagnetic Testing

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A common problem with turbines is fatigue cracking of the compressor blades<br />

or disks in the root areas. Given the potential safety risks if these components<br />

fail, the inspection criteria thresholds are set to detect extremely small<br />

artifacts. Special probe designs and inspection techniques are required to<br />

deal with the difficult sample geometries and small discontinuity detection<br />

limits. Many other aircraft inspections are designed to deal with cracking or<br />

corrosion processes that may not lead to immediate catastrophic failures but<br />

that do need to be handled in a timely manner. Portable inspection devices<br />

are often used to perform these tests. Careful test system calibration using<br />

appropriate procedures and reference specimens is required to maintain<br />

aircraft fleet serviceability.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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