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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
H Dale Collins, Richland, WA (US);
Lawrence J Busse, Richland, WA (US);
Douglas K Lemon, West Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73603 ; 73587 ;
Abstract
Defects in a structure are imaged as they propagate, using their emitted acoustic energy as a monitored source. Short bursts of acoustic energy propagate through the structure to a discrete element receiver array. A reference timing transducer located between the array and the inspection zone initiates a series of time-of-flight measurements. A resulting series of time-of-flight measurements are then treated as aperture data and are transferred to a computer for reconstruction of a synthetic linear holographic image. The images can be displayed and stored as a record of defect growth.