DEFINITION:

Includes all technologies related to the development and implementation of damage tolerance and health monitoring tools, methodologies and hardware, including fatigue, fracture control, non-destructive inspection (NDI) and sensor developments.

(Source: ESA TD 20F and TD 24F: identical to subdomain 1 or TD 20F-I)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Non-Destructive Inspection Technologies: Including the development of new methodologies and related hardware, application in space programmes.
2. Structural-Health-Monitoring Sensor Technologies: Including sensor development, structural integration etc.
3. Fracture Control Tools and Methodologies: Including numerical tools, detailed analysis methodologies, e.g. for non-linear applications, damage tolerance for composites and ceramics.