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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Triad National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Ian Thomas Cummings, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Adam Joseph Wachtor, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Eric Brian Flynn, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Erica Marie Jacobson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Triad National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments provide for nondestructive defect detection. Example embodiments provide for generating one or more excitation signals using one or more excitation devices coupled to a device under inspection, scanning an exterior surface of the device under inspection to collect sensor signals, and determining, based at least in part on the sensor signals, a presence or lack of a defect in the device under inspection. Either the device under inspection is rotated about an axis for a duration of the scanning or the scanning system is rotated around the device under inspection for the duration of the scanning.