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a9) (2) oy oy my en @y G0) on) US 2016) United States Patent Application Publica ZHANG et al. compos! COMPONENT Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE °, London (GB) Inventors: Bing ZHANG, Bristol (GB); Giuliano ALLEGRI, London (GB) 141848,996 Sep.9, 2015 Appl. No, Filed: Foreign Application Priority Data 08.8, 2014 (GB) 14177810 Publication Classification Int. € Goin 27720 GoM 1s14 GUN 27724 (2006.01) (2006.01), (2008.01) ion 03087A1 ao) Pub. No.: US 2016/0103087 Al (43) Pub, Date Apr. 14, 2016 (2) US. crc GOIN 27/20 2013.01), GOIN 2728 (2013.01), GOEM 15714 201301) on ABSTRACT A method of detecting delamination of a composite compo- ‘ent, the composite component having plurality of plies and 1 plurality of -pins extending through the composite com- poneat in a direction transverse to the plies, The merod includes measuring one or more material properties of one oF more of the zpins. The measured material propecties are ‘compared to reference material properties. An estimation of ‘whether delamination has occurred is performed based upon the comparison of the measured material properties and the reference material propetes Patent Application Publication Apr. 14, 2016 Sheet 1 of 7 US 2016/0103087 AI Patent Application Publication Apr. 14, 2016 Sheet 2 of 7 US 2016/0103087 AI 56 44 48 54 52 FIG. 2 Patent Application Publication Apr. 14, 2016 Sheet 3 of 7 US 2016/0103087 AI 160 164 164 A ) | a 162. @| [6 6

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