UT Arlington project to detect possible damages in aircraft parts early in process

Catching metal fatigueUT Arlington engineering professors have received a $451,781 Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant to examine the material surface at the micro- and nano-scale level that will provide clues for predicting fatigue in aircraft parts. Haiying Huang, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , said the new technology and process would be better and more efficient than taking X-rays of an aircraft’s wing. “We’ll be able to determine metal fatigue at very early stages when we look at it on this scale,” Huang said. “Certain