This invention relates to ultrasonic inspection, and particularly to an ultrasonic inspection apparatus utilizing a laser to generate acoustic waves at ultrasonic frequencies. The invention has many uses, including, for example, monitoring the structural integrity of components of aircraft, ships, submarines, land vehicles, and pressure vessels. Parameters that can be monitored include, but are not limited to, strain. temperature, crack initiation, corrosion, impact damage, delamination and bond integrity.
Distributed Fiber Optic Laser Ultrasonic System
1999
29 pages
Report
No indication
English
Nondestructive Testing , Optics & Lasers , Fiber optics , Laser applications , Ultrasonics , Impact , Corrosion , Inspection , Damage , Acoustic waves , Cracking(Fracturing) , Strain(Mechanics) , Bonded joints , Pressure vessels , Ground vehicles , Aircraft equipment , Delamination , Ship structural components , Ultrasonic frequencies , Structural integrity , Distributed systems
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