Acoustic emission linear pulse holography

Patent · Tue Jul 30 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6473765

Collins, H D; Busse, L J; Lemon, D K

Defects in a structure are imaged as they propagate, using their emitted acoustic energy as a monitored source. Short bursts of acoustic energy propagate through the structure to a discrete element receiver array. A reference timing transducer located between the array and the inspection zone initiates a series of time-of-flight measurements. A resulting series of time-of-flight measurements are then treated as aperture data and are transferred to a computer for reconstruction of a synthetic linear holographic image. The images can be displayed and stored as a record of defect growth.

• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United Department of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4531411
• OSTI ID: 6473765
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS
ACOUSTIC MONITORING
ACOUSTIC TESTING
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
CRACK PROPAGATION
DATA PROCESSING
DEFECTS
DESIGN
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
HOLOGRAPHY
IMAGE PROCESSING
LEAK DETECTORS
MATERIALS TESTING
MONITORING
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
PROCESSING
PULSE TECHNIQUES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR SAFETY
REMOTE SENSING
SAFETY
SOUND WAVES
TESTING
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
TIMING CIRCUITS
TRANSDUCERS
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
WAVE PROPAGATION