U-CROSS: Early detection and progress monitoring and prediction of corrosion in aeronautic Al alloys through calibrated Ultrasonic CorROSion Sensors application
Project start date: October 1st 2019
Duration: 45 months (2019-2023)
Total cost: 1,495,633.75 €
EU Grant: 1,495,633.75 €
Currently, the presence of corrosion damages may be detected by means of non-destructive testing (NDT). However, the corrosion initiation and the mechanism behind the defect cannot be distinguished by common methods. As consequence, an early detection of corrosion is not done and corrective actions are only performed when become relevant (cracks, loss of thickness).
Therefore, aircraft industry needs sensors able to detect both corrosion initiation and its propagation. Combined with predictive models, it will allow forecasting how damage progresses when paint is degraded.
Therefore, the main objective of U-CROSS is to design, develop and validate the application of ultrasonic corrosion sensors (UCS), combining passive (Acoustic Emission) and active (Pulse Echo Ultrasonic Testing) types, for corrosion monitoring, enabling them for real time detection of early stages of localized corrosion as well as for monitoring the progress of damages with time.
The main role of CIDETEC within U-CROSS project is the calibration of NDT sensors for studying filiform and exfoliation corrosion of coated aluminium alloys, so a detailed methodology to reproduce each type of corrosion has to be developed. Once the sensors have been calibrated, a validation in a relevant environment has to be done.
Among management activities (WP7), CIDETEC leads WP1 based on the project specifications and WP2 focused on stablishing the setup in order to trigger the different corrosion mechanism.
More info: http://u-cross.eu/
COORDINATION: CIDETEC Surface Engineering
TOPICAL MANAGEMENT: DASSAULT AVIATION
PARTNERS:
This project has received funding from the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101007712. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the Clean Sky 2 JU members other than the Union
Dr. Jorge Rodríguez (Project Coordinator) - CIDETEC
Business Development Manager
Aerospace
NDT Level 3
email: jorgerodriguez@cidetec.es
Dr. Maria Lekka - CIDETEC
Head of Coatings and Surface Treatments Unit (UCTS) - Surface Engineering
email: mlekka@cidetec.es
Phone: +34 943 318 212
Dr. Chihab Abarkane
Unidad de Coatings y Tratamientos de Superficies
Coatings and Surface Treatments Unit
Estaldurak eta gainazaleko tratamenduak Unitatea
email: cabarkane@cidetec.es
