COMPOSITES - DETERMINATION OF DAMAGE

EFFECTIVITY: ALL
1.

General
A.

2.

This task gives the procedure to identify the kind of damage present in composite parts.

Instructions for Damage Determination (Figure 1)

A.

Verify the kind of damage present on the part under analysis.

B.

Check the panels next to the damage for any sign of water, oil, fuel, dirt, or any other foreign
material.

C.

Check the part for the delamination around the damage.

D.

Visually examine the part for the extent of damage.

Embraer 190 - SRM 1929

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General
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Selected Aircraft: 4, 6-9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49, 54, 65, 73, 82, 90, 103, 125, 144, 179, 185, 219, 272, 286, 289, 292, 363, 364, 384, 388, 422, 433, 446,
473, 490, 504, 511, 549, 576, 601, 617, 618, 623, 624, 629, 637, 674, 698, 701, 713, 720, 733, 737, 738

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EFFECTIVITY: ALL
Composite Parts - Kinds of Damage
Figure 1 - Sheet 1

IDENTIFY
THE KIND
OF DAMAGE

MEASURE THE
EXTENSION
OF DAMAGE

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LOCATE THE
DAMAGES

TYPES OF DAMAGE

A DAMAGED AREA OF ANY SIZE WHICH

RESULTS IN A CROSSSECTIONAL
AREA CHANGE. IT IS USUALLY CAUSED
BY CONTACT WITH A RELATIVELY
SHARP OBJECTS WHICH PRODUCES
A CONTINUOUS, SHARP OR SMOOTH
CHANNEL LIKE GROOVE IN THE
MATERIAL

A DAMAGED AREA OF ANY SIZE

WHICH CAUSES A CHANGE
IN CROSSSECTIONAL AREA BECAUSE
OF SCUFFING, RUBBING, SCRAPING
OR OTHER SURFACE EROSION.
IT IS USUALLY ROUGH AND IRREGULAR

ABRASION

GOUGE

A LINE OF DAMAGE OF ANY DEPTH AND

LENGTH IN THE MATERIAL, WHICH
CAUSES A CROSSSECTIONAL AREA
CHANGE. IT IS USUALLY CAUSED
BY SHARP OBJECT.

A LOCAL REMOVAL OF MATERIAL

DUE TO A KNOCK ETC, AT THE
EDGE OF MEMBER OR SKIN

NICK

Embraer 190 - SRM 1929

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User: dmalcomb

SCRATCH/SCORE

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EM170SRM510060.DGN

Selected Aircraft: 4, 6-9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49, 54, 65, 73, 82, 90, 103, 125, 144, 179, 185, 219, 272, 286, 289, 292, 363, 364, 384, 388, 422, 433, 446,
473, 490, 504, 511, 549, 576, 601, 617, 618, 623, 624, 629, 637, 674, 698, 701, 713, 720, 733, 737, 738

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General
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EFFECTIVITY: ALL
Composite Parts - Kinds of Damage
Figure 1 - Sheet 2

IN HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES,
A DEFORMITY OR DEPRESSION OF THE
CORE IN THE DIRECTION OF
THICKNESS, MAY BE CAUSED BY IMPACT
DAMAGE OR PRESSURE

CORE LATERAL CRUSHING

CORE DEPRESSION/DENT

A RAISING OF THE SURFACE ABOVE

THE HORIZONTAL LEVEL MAY INDICATE
AN INTERPLY OR SKIN TO SKIN SEPARATION.

DELAMINATION

A HOLE OR A PUNCTURE MAY

BE CAUSED BY IMPACT DAMAGE.

DENT

HOLE / PUNCTURE

A RAISING OF THE SURFACE ABOVE

THE HORIZONTAL LEVEL MAY INDICATE
A SKIN TO CORE, POTTING OR FOAM SEPARATION.

SEVERE BUSTERING AND

DISCOLORATION IF SEVERE
ENOUGH IT CAN CAUSE BURNING
OF THE MATERIAL WITH
SEPARATION AND EXPOSURE
OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLIES

DISBONDING

Embraer 190 - SRM 1929

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IN MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE,
A DAMAGED AREA WHICH IS PUSHED
IN RELATIVE TO ITS USUAL CONTOUR
MAY BE CAUSED BY IMPACT DAMAGE
OR PRESSURE.

HEAT DAMAGE

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A DEFORMATION OF THE CORE

CELLS PERPENDICULAR TO THEIR
SIDES. MAY BE CAUSED BY
IMPACT DAMAGE OR PRESSURE.

EM170SRM510061B.DGN

Selected Aircraft: 4, 6-9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49, 54, 65, 73, 82, 90, 103, 125, 144, 179, 185, 219, 272, 286, 289, 292, 363, 364, 384, 388, 422, 433, 446,
473, 490, 504, 511, 549, 576, 601, 617, 618, 623, 624, 629, 637, 674, 698, 701, 713, 720, 733, 737, 738

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