Advanced Acoustic Imaging with Linear Transducer Arrays.

Abstract

A prototype ultrasonic inspection system, using a sequentially fired transducer array, has been built that is much faster than conventional single-element transducer systems. This system was assembled with off-the-shelf components and would appear to be an attractive solution to nondestructive testing problems that require fast inspection rates and have resolution and sensitivity requirements that are consistent with the use of unfocused transducer elements. The fast inspection of a number of Army components, such as artillery projectile rotating bands and tank track pads, has been demonstrated with this system. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA051429

Entities

People

  • James M. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrays
  • Artillery
  • Converters
  • Detectors
  • Gray Scale
  • Hard Copy
  • Images
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Nondestructive Testing
  • Projectiles
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rotating Bands
  • Sensitivity
  • Ultrasonic Inspection

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Systems Analysis and Design