Method and apparatus for inspecting delamination of laminated body

Abstract

An object is to provide a delamination inspection method and a delamination inspection apparatus capable of easily and distinctly detecting an inter-layer delamination of a laminated body even when an obstacle such as a reinforcing plate is present on a part to be inspected, and capable of inspecting a wide inspection area in a short time. The apparatus includes: a transmission probethat causes an ultrasonic wave to enter a laminated bodyat a predetermined refraction angle θ; a reception probethat receives a propagation wave having propagated while having been repeatedly reflected by interfaces of a plurality of members; and a probe holding means that holds the transmission probeand the reception probewith a predetermined interval L therebetween. A propagation wave having propagated through a sound part is received, and a detection length over which the echo height of the received propagation wave is detected as being equal to or greater than a predetermined value is obtained as a reference detection length. The propagation wave having propagated through an inspection target part E is received, and a detection length over which the echo height of the received propagation wave is detected as being equal to or greater than the predetermined value is measured. The measured detection length is compared with the reference detection length to inspect whether or not an inter-layer delamination D is present in the inspection target part E.