New Techniques for Acoustic Nondestructive Testing,

Abstract

The electronics of the previously existing imaging system were rebuilt to allow operation in the pulse-echo as well as through transmission modes and to improve the overall sensitivity. In addition, an improved array (developed on a separate contract) was incorporated. Improved performance and high scan rates are reported in through transmission. Pulse-echo, B-scan images are reported in aluminum and steel with shear waves, longitudinal waves, Lamb waves, and Rayleigh surface waves. The definition at 2.7 MHz is approximately 2.5 mm in the transverse direction, 3.5 mm in the range direction at a distance of 15 cm from the transducer array.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADP003000

Entities

People

  • Gordon S. Kino
  • T. M. Waugh

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Contracts
  • Electronics
  • Nondestructive Testing
  • Secondary Waves
  • Sensitivity
  • Surface Waves
  • Transducers
  • Transverse
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems