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Improved ultrasonic nondestructive testing of pressure vessels. Annual progress report, 1 October 1977-30 September 1978

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6071347

Progress in the development of a synthetic aperture focusing technique for ultrasonic pulse-echo flaw evaluation is described. The progress includes improvement in display techniques, initial results of a Spotlight-mode scanning technique, improvement in deconvolution, an assessment of the ability to identify flaw types, and an assessment of the potential for real-time synthetic-aperture processing of ultrasonic data.

Research Organization:
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
OSTI ID:
6071347
Report Number(s):
PB-291853
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English