This guidance note provides guidelines for establishing and performing Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) to locate and evaluate various defects in composites. The purpose of this document is to provide general guidelines to the manufacturers, shipbuilders, Owners and Surveyors to ensure a unified approach towards NDE of composite components.
It is intended to support manufacturers of composite components to:
LR may be involved in various stages of the component design, manufacturing and testing, so that any specific requirements can be considered from the beginning. It is advisable to include LR for approval of materials during manufacturing as it is possible to have materials from different manufacturers/suppliers.
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