GUIDED WAVE ULTRASOUND TESTING (GWUT) METHOD FOR HiCAM NDE
AssigneeUniversity of South Carolina
InventorsSourav Banerjee, William Ward, Hossain Ahmed
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Abstract
Described herein are automated and versatile systems and methods utilizing a Guided Wave (“GW”) ultrasound concept that inspects materials (isotropic or anisotropic) system fast and reliably. Currently, every material system needs redesign of the GW setup. The proposed setup would be a universal, one stop solution for all material systems. This would increase the speed of inspection during manufacturing and also for post manufacturing inspection.
Claims20
A nondestructive guided wave evaluation system comprising:
- at least one transducer configured to direct wave energy into at least one material;
- at least one receiver configured to receiver the wave energy emitted from the at least one material;
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- wherein both the at least one transducer and the at least one receiver are configured to rotate on any plane about any axis in order to access at least one angle occurring on a surface of a hemisphere.
A method of nondestructive guided wave evaluation of at least one material, the method comprising:
- directing guided wave energy into at least one material using at least one transducer;
- receiving, with at least one receiver, guided wave energy emitted from the at least one material;
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- rotating at least one of the transducer and the receiver on any plane about any axis so as to access at least one angle occurring on a surface of a hemisphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.