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US 2025/0130182 A1Published application
Component corrosion prognostics using computed tomography (ct)-scan and methods
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsLei Chen, Robert Koch, David U. Furrer
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Abstract
A corrosion analysis assembly including a computed tomography scanner positioned relative to a component, the computed tomography scanner configured to non-destructively scan a section of the component to identify corrosion sites and measure spatially resolved characteristic parameters for the corrosion sites to provide a corrosion data set.
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A corrosion analysis assembly comprising:
- a computed tomography scanner positioned relative to a component, the computed tomography scanner configured to non-destructively scan a section of the component to identify corrosion sites and measure spatially resolved characteristic parameters for the corrosion sites to provide a corrosion data set.
A method for non-destructively determining component life or probability of failure comprising:
- positioning a computed tomography scanner relative to a component;
- scanning a section of the component via the computed tomography scanner to identify corrosion sites and to measure one or more spatially resolved characteristic parameters for the corrosion sites to provide a first corrosion data set;
- selecting a first subset of the first corrosion data set;
- and
- performing an analysis on the first subset of the first corrosion data set to determine the component life or the probability of failure.
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A method for non-destructive testing and measurement of corrosion sites on a component comprising:
- supplying a component, wherein the component is corroded with a plurality of corrosion sites;
- performing a first scan of the component, wherein the first scan comprises
- imaging a portion of the component non-destructively;
- and
- measuring one or more spatially resolved characteristic parameters for the corrosion sites to provide a first corrosion data set;
- selecting a first subset of the first corrosion data set corresponding to a subset of the corrosion sites;
- and
- performing an analysis on the first subset of the first corrosion data set;
- exposing the component to corrosive conditions to provide a re-exposed component and performing an additional scan of the re-exposed component, wherein the additional scan comprises
- imaging a portion of the re-exposed component non-destructively;
- and
- measuring one or more spatially resolved characteristic parameters of the corrosion sites for the subset of corrosion sites to provide a second corrosion data set;
- and
- performing an analysis on the second corrosion data set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.