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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Short Brothers Plc, Belfast, GB;
William Christopher Campbell, Belfast, GB;
Thomas Eoin O'Hare, Dunmurry, GB;
Samuel Colin Hanna, Bangor, GB;
Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, GB;
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting a kiss bond in a composite component are provided. Using reflected ultrasound data representative of reflected ultrasound energy from the composite component, a first threshold amplitude value between 2% and 5% higher than a predetermined baseline noise amplitude value of expected material noise in the reflected ultrasound energy from the composite component, and a second threshold amplitude value higher than the first threshold amplitude value, one or more occurrences of an amplitude of the reflected ultrasound energy exceeding the threshold amplitude value and less than the second threshold amplitude value are identified. The kiss bond is detected in the composite component based on the identified one or more occurrences of the amplitude of the reflected ultrasound energy.