The Boeing Company

Richard Mark Shead

Eileen Olga Kutscha

Garth Tristan Irvine

A method of inspecting a composite assembly that includes a core coated with resin. Inspecting the composite assembly includes accessing an image of a cross section of the core, the image having a dot matrix data structure with a matrix of intensity values and identifying a subset of the intensity values that describe a distribution of the resin on the core. Next, the intensity values of the subset of the intensity values are classified to indicate either uniform or non-uniform distribution of the resin on the core. Either a first comparison determining a ratio of uniform resin or a second comparison determining a ratio of non-uniform resin is performed. Based on the first comparison or the second comparison as performed, a quality of the composite assembly is determined. Finally, an indication of the quality of the composite assembly is output.

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La Salle, Canada

Richard Mark Shead