Article
Baseline UT measurements for armor inspection
Center for Nondestructive Evaluation Conference Papers, Posters and Presentations
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Conference
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Publication Date
7-1-2009
Geolocation
(41.4803791, -71.5225598)
Abstract
Some prototype armor panels are fabricated from several layers of dissimilar material bonded together. These may include ceramics, graphite composites, fiberglass composites and rubber. The ultrasonic properties of these layers influence inspections for armor defects. In this paper we describe measurements of ultrasonic velocity, attenuation, sound beam distortion and signal fluctuations for the individual layers comprising one armor prototype. We then discuss how knowledge of these properties can be used when choosing an optimum frequency for an ultrasonic pitch∕catch immersion inspection. In our case an effective inspection frequency near 1.5 MHz affords: (1) adequate strength of through‐transmitted signals in unflawed armor; (2) adequate lateral resolution for detecting small disbonds at interfaces; and (3) low levels of UT signal fluctuations due to the natural inhomogeneity of certain armor layers. The utility of this approach is demonstrated using armor panels containing artificial disbonds at selected interfaces.
Copyright Owner
American Institute of Physics
Copyright Date
2010
Language
en
Citation Information
Frank J. Margetan, Nathaniel L. Richter, Daniel J. Barnard, David K. Hsu, et al.. "Baseline UT measurements for armor inspection" Kingston, RI(2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rbruce_thompson/6/
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This article appeared in AIP Conference Proceedings 1211 (2010): 1217–1224 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3362196.