An Automatic Position Detector for Handheld NDE (Nondestructive Evaluation) Probes

Abstract

Handheld nondestructive evaluation (NDE) probes are widely used in the aerospace community Data acquired manually are less reliable than data acquired by automated methods. The use of handheld NDE probes could be significantly facilitated by a versatile device designed to remotely sense the spatial position of the probe each time a data point is acquired. Such a device, which will be referred to as an automatic position locator (APL), is currently under development and will be described in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209526

Entities

People

  • Gary F. Hawkins
  • Patricia H. Li
  • Raymond C. Savedra

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automatic
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Security
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Space Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space