Method for real-time inspection of structural components

Stull, Nicholas D.; Flynn, Eric Brian; Mascarenas, Matthew David

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Title: Method for real-time inspection of structural components

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A multi-mode approach for real-time inspection of structural components may be applied to rapid, wide area measurement of thickness of thick plate-like structures using full-field multi-mode response measurement and analysis. The approach may allow estimation of thickness from full-field multi-mode response to single-tone ultrasonic excitation in thick plates. The approach may utilize wavenumber information across all available wave modes in order to make wavenumber spectroscopy sensitive to changes in thickness for a broader range of nominal initial thicknesses.

Inventors:: Stull, Nicholas D.; Flynn, Eric Brian; Mascarenas, Matthew David

Issue Date:: 2021-06-01

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1824020

Patent Number(s):: 11022429

Application Number:: 16/219,581

Assignee:: Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS
G01B11/0666 - {using an exciting beam and a detection beam including surface acoustic waves [SAW]}
G01B9/02084 - {Processing in the Fourier or frequency domain when not imaged in the frequency domain}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 12/13/2018

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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