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Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2016
Applicants:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ivan Pelivanov, Seattle, WA (US);

William P. Motzer, Charleston, SC (US);

Matthew O'Donnell, Seattle, WA (US);

Steven Kenneth Brady, Renton, WA (US);

Gary Ernest Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);

Jeffrey Reyner Kollgaard, Seattle, WA (US);

Clarence Lavere Gordon, III, Renton, WA (US);

Jill Paisley Bingham, Seattle, WA (US);

Alan F. Stewart, Seattle, WA (US);

James C. Kennedy, Summerville, SC (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/041 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 2291/011 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0231 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0232 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0234 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0235 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0421 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0422 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0423 (2013.01); G01N 2291/267 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2694 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of detecting inconsistencies in a structure is presented. A pulsed laser beam is directed towards the structure. A plurality of types of ultrasonic signals is formed in the structure when radiation of the pulsed laser beam is absorbed by the structure. The plurality of types of ultrasonic signals is detected to form data.


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