Nondestructive evaluation of composite bonds, especially thermop

Measuring and testing – Specimen stress or strain – or testing by stress or strain... – By loading of specimen

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73827, 73850, G01N29/04

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059029358

ABSTRACT:
Thermoplastic welding is an emerging technology targeted at significantly reducing the manufacturing cost of aerospace structure by eliminating fasteners and the touch labor associated with fasteners to prepare, install, and inspect the assemblies. Quality welds are highly dependent upon achieving appropriate temperatures everywhere along the bond line. The present invention is a system that evaluates the quality of the welds involving inputting an EM pulse to the embedded susceptor and listening to the acoustic response that the pulse generates to determine weld quality from the sound.

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