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Dotnac
History of DOTNAC EU Project
DOTNAC was an european projet from September 2010 to August 2013 focusing on non-destructive quality control of fiberglass compounds and paint coatings. This project shown that terahertz waves can reliably detect defective adhesive joints, foreign objects or air bubbles in the material. Both FMCW and TDS were used in this project.
Projet partners :
Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Verhaert New Products & Services , Belgium
Support, Belgium
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Fraunhofer ITWM (formerly IPM), Germany
CNRS – Bordeaux University, France
Centro de Tecnologias Aeronauticas, Spain
Applus+ LGAI Technological Centre S.A., Spain
CIMNE, Spain
Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel
Final DOTNAC report
You can downloaded here the final report of DOTNAC. You can also read articles related to this project below.