Radiant energy – Inspection of solids or liquids by charged particles – Including a radioactive source
Patent
1986-02-24
1988-02-23
Fields, Carolyn E.
Radiant energy
Inspection of solids or liquids by charged particles
Including a radioactive source
2503581, 250374, 416 61, G01T 118, B64C 1124
Patent
active
047272511
ABSTRACT:
A system for indicating cracks in a hollow aircraft blade, such as a helicopter blade. A system wherein a pressure differential is maintained within the blade with respect to the ambient atmosphere and including a pressure sensor for mounting on the blade in communication with the interior of the blade and having a member which moves in response to pressure changes within the blade, a beta radiation source mounted on the member and disposed for radiation transmission to a detector, a beta radiation detector for mounting on a nonrotating portion of the aircraft for receiving radiation from the source, and circuitry having the output of the detector as an input and providing an output which varies as a function of the position of the pressure sensor member for indicating the pressure condition within the blade. An improved beta radiation detector housing which substantially eliminates detector sensitivity to radar transmissions while maintaining sensitivity to nuclear radiation in the beta range.
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Blincow Donald W.
Mahoney John J.
McCormick Jerold H.
Fields Carolyn E.
General Nucleonics, Inc.
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