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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Freerk Syassen, Stadland, DE;
Inventor:
Freerk Syassen, Stadland, DE;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/91 (2006.01); G01B 11/16 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/00 (2013.01); G01B 11/162 (2013.01); G01N 3/08 (2013.01); G01N 21/91 (2013.01); G01N 21/95 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8829 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0296 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides methods for the detection of a possible joint defect, in particular a root fusion defect, in a friction stir weld seam, wherein two members are joined together and the methods include generating of a tensile stress in the region of the friction stir weld seam in the elastic range, and testing in at least some regions of a lower face of the friction stir weld seam, in order to detect any joint defect.