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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Robert William Bergman, Scotia, NY (US);
Inventor:
Robert William Bergman, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/11 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0231 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for non-destructively inspecting a composite structure with an ultrasonic system including an ultrasonic probe includes positioning the composite structure in a tank-less environment, and scanning the composite structure with the ultrasonic system to measure ultrasonic sound waves reflected by the composite structure to the single ultrasonic probe. A physical characteristic of the composite structure is determined based at least in part on the measured ultrasonic sound waves.