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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark J. Clemen, Jr., Port Orchard, WA (US);
Alan F. Stewart, Burien, WA (US);
Dejan Nikic, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/2431 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0231 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0234 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02827 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nondestructive bond strength testing method, including: coupling an expendable device to a structure under test, the expendable device including a patterned planar array of exploding bridge wires; simultaneously vaporizing the patterned planar array of exploding bridge wires by applying a pulse of electrical energy to the patterned planar array of exploding bridge wires; and sensing an initial disbonding signature of the structure under test.