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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Resodyn Corporation, Butte, MT (US);
Peter A. Lucon, Buttle, MT (US);
Lawrence C. Farrar, Butte, MT (US);
Resodyn Corporation, Butte, MT (US);
Abstract
The present application is directed towards systems and methods for evaluating the integrity of objects through non-destructive means. The objects are evaluated for flaws and defects through the use of applied acoustic energy. The applied acoustic energy creates a dynamic response of the object being evaluated to determine the location of any flaws or defects in the object. During excitation, the flaws and defects in a sample object generate heat at the damaged or defective regions through frictional interactions of the discontinuities. A flaw detection system includes, a plurality of acoustic energy sources to excite an object, a camera to record metrics of the response of the object and a processor configured to receive and analyze the response of the object.