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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
May. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Manu Mathai, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Gabriel Della-fera, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Manu Mathai, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Gabriel Della-Fera, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G01S 7/521 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/521 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of monitoring laser shock peening of a material includes forming an ablative layer on the material, directing the laser beam at the ablative layer to produce an acoustic wave in the material, converting the acoustic wave in the material to thermal energy external to the material and measuring the thermal energy.