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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Steven K. Brady, Renton, WA (US);
William P. Motzer, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan R. Smith, Newcastle, WA (US);
Steven K. Brady, Renton, WA (US);
William P. Motzer, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan R. Smith, Newcastle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of standardizing ultrasonic flaw detectors utilizing electronic porosity standards which includes the steps of obtaining bandwidth characteristics of an ultrasonic flaw detector, obtaining broadband porosity attenuation characteristics of porosity samples, and generating porosity vs. attenuation curves calibrated to the apparatus using the bandwidth characteristics and the broadband porosity attenuation characteristics.