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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2015
Fbs, Inc., Bellefonte, PA (US);
Cody J. Borigo, Port Matilda, PA (US);
Steven E. Owens, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Joseph L. Rose, State College, PA (US);
FBS, INC., Bellefonte, PA (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic guided wave system for defect detection in a plate-like structure, includes at least one first circumferentially-polarized piezoelectric dshear ring element configured to be coupled to a structure. The controller includes a machine readable storage medium and a processor in signal communication with the machine readable storage medium. The processor is configured to cause a pulse generator to pulse the at least first circumferentially-polarized piezoelectric dshear ring element such that shear horizontal-type guided wave energy is transmitted in all directions in the plate-like structure, process at least one guided wave signal to identify the presence and location of at least one possible defect in the plate-like structure, and store the guided wave signal and defect detection data in the machine readable storage medium.