System and method for evaluation of a material system
OwnerGeoffrey Clarksoninventor
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Abstract
A system and method for evaluation of material systems including linings bonded to substrates, the system and method including: an ultrasonic transmitter configured to provide an ultrasonic pulse to the material system; an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive ultrasonic signal data related to the pulses; a data storage module configured to store data related to the material system, ultrasonic pulse and empirical data; an analysis module configured to analyze the ultrasonic signal data based on the ultrasonic pulse, the data related to the material system and empirical data; and an output module configured to output the results of the analysis.
Claims12
A system to evaluate the condition of a material system comprising a lining bonded to a substrate, the system to evaluate the condition of the material system comprising:
- an ultrasonic transmitter configured to provide an ultrasonic pulse to the material system;
- an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive ultrasonic signal data related to the pulses;
- a data storage module configured to store data related to the material system, ultrasonic pulse and empirical data;
- an analysis module configured to analyze the ultrasonic signal data based on the ultrasonic pulse, the data related to the material system and empirical data;
- determine the sonic velocity of the material between two interfaces in the material system;
- determine the changes in ultrasonic signal magnitude that occur as the ultrasonic pulse transits the material between interfaces;
- determine the effect of a substance in contact with the opposite surface of the lining and substrate;
- determine the fraction of an ultrasonic pulse that has been transmitted across an interface;
- determine the depth of damage that has occurred to a polymer lining on a substrate;
- determine a value that is related to the condition of the polymer lining;
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- update the data storage module;
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- an output module configured to output the results of the analysis.
A method to evaluate the condition of a lining bonded to a substrate, the method comprising:
- taking ultrasonic signal data from the substrate or the lining;
- receiving the ultrasonic signal data, at an ultrasonic receiver;
- storing data related to the ultrasonic signal data in a storage module, wherein the stored data comprises:
- values for parameters that are required for use in data analysis;
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- values for parameters that may be been determined for a particular specimen of substrate and lining;
- analyzing the ultrasonic signal data, at an analysis module, based on the ultrasonic signal data and the data related to the ultrasonic signal data;
- determining the effect of a substance in contact with the opposite surface of the lining and substrate;
- determining the fraction of an ultrasonic pulse that has been transmitted across an interface
- determining the depth of damage that has occurred to a polymer lining on a substrate;
- determining a value that is related to the condition of the polymer lining;
- providing data related to the depth of damage to the polymer in a lining;
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- providing data related to the condition of the polymer lining;
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- displaying the results at an output module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.