Aerospace Workshop April 2016: Programme
12 April 2016, BAWA Centre, Filton, Bristol BS34 7RG, UK
Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Aerospace
The aim of the workshop this year is to inform delegates of the current state-of-the-art of structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques, how they are deployed on aircraft (both civil and military), qualification of an SHM technique and a look at why SHM is used as opposed to normal/routine in-service inspection.
PCN & CPD points apply.
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Below is the provisional programme for this one-day Aerospace Workshop:
| Tuesday 12 April 2016 | ||
| 08.45 | Registration | |
| 09.15 | Welcome and summary of proceedings K Pickup, BAE Systems | |
| Structural health monitoring of aircraft | ||
| 09.30 | Introduction to SHM | P Foote Cranfield University |
| 09.55 | SHM and military aircraft – the bigger picture | K Pickup BAE Systems Military Air Division |
| 10.25 | Equipment HM – Rolls-Royce engines | S King Rolls-Royce plc |
| 10.50 | Refreshment break | |
| Emerging technologies | ||
| 11.30 | A novel NDT technique – terahertz inspection | A Belitskaya Dutch Terahertz |
| 11.55 | Non-linear UT | F Hagglund TWI Ltd |
| 12.25 | Air-coupled ultrasound | I Collinson Rolls-Royce plc |
| 12.40 | Lunch and demonstrations | |
| Demonstration of equipment and technology | ||
| 13.30 | Decentralised/remote NDT | A Payaro DolphiTech |
| 13.50 | Advances in out-of-plane wrinkling detection | R Freemantle and M Mienczakowski Wavelength NDT and University of Bristol |
| 13.55 | Super-fast FMC | I Cooper TWI Ltd |
| 14.00 | Demonstration | Wavelength NDT, University of Bristol and TWI |
| 14.30 | Refreshments, equipment demonstration and continued questions | |
| 15.00 | Leave for Western Approach | |
| 15.30 | Tour of Western Approach – GKN (contact: Tom Bertenshaw) | |
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For further information contact: Karen Cambridge, Conference Services, BINDT, Newton Building, St George's Avenue, Northampton NN2 6JB, UK. Tel: +44(0)1604 89 3811; Fax: +44(0)1604 89 3861; Email: karen.cambridge@bindt.org
