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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
James E. Engel, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Gary Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Morteza Safai, Newcastle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/203 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/203 (2013.01); G01N 2223/053 (2013.01); G01N 2223/303 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for detecting one or more thermal and/or mechanical properties of a structure. The method may include forming one or more test structures from a material that forms the structure, generating and storing calibration data determined from the one or more test structures, emitting X-ray radiation into the structure, detecting X-ray scatter from the structure, and determining the one or more properties of the structure based on the detected X-ray scatter and the calibration data.