Systems and methods for nondestructive testing of parts

A system for nondestructive testing of a part, the system comprising:

• a waveform generator in electrical communication with an input transducer, the input transducer capable of conversion between electrical signals and acoustic signals and in mechanical communication with the part;
• a signal analyzer in electrical communication with an output transducer, the output transducer capable of conversion between acoustic signals and electrical signals and in mechanical communication with the part;
• and
• a processor in electrical communication with the waveform generator and with the signal analyzer, wherein the processor comprises:
• instructions to receive a set of parameters defining a frequency scan;
• instructions to determine a number of frequency sweeps to be performed by the waveform generator from the set of parameters, each of the frequency sweeps having a number of frequencies less than a maximum capacity of the waveform generator;
• and
• instructions, for each of the frequency sweeps, to instruct the waveform generator to perform the each of the frequency sweeps by exciting the input transducer and synchronously receiving a response signal with the signal analyzer at each of a plurality of frequencies, wherein the each of the frequency sweeps includes a frequency in common with another of the frequency sweeps.