The Boeing Company

Jordan A Severson

Troy Winfree

Brian P Justusson

Brittan A Farmer

Bryan W Lilley

Yadan Wu

A computer-based method for evaluating progressive damage in a metal test component includes providing Computed Tomography (CT) image data of the component to a processor and processing the CT image data via the processor, including detecting observable defects in the component. The method also includes characterizing the observable defects into corresponding defect categories, generating a data table of the observable defects and the corresponding defect categories, and embedding a collective set of data from the data table into a finite element model (FEM) of the component to thereby construct a modified FEM of the metal test component. Additionally, the method includes analyzing the modified FEM through an isotropic and/or anisotropic structural model, via the processor, to thereby generate a set of test results. A quality control action is then executed with respect to the metal test component based on the test results.

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Saint Peters, MO, United States of America

Jordan A Severson