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Nondestructive Testing Simulation for Studying Structural Integrity in Aerospace Components

This paper describes the use of NDT (X-ray) simulation to demonstrate a few selected applications such as technique optimization, generating radiographs, and coverage maps. The paper is divided into three major sections: introduction of an X-ray simulator; FAT for setup optimization; and coverage maps.

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