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Characterization of disbonds in a nuclear radiation protection structure using laser ultrasonics

  • Kuanshuang Zhang*
  • , Zhenggan Zhou
  • , Li Yin Ma
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Aero-Engine

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Abstract

Characterization of disbonds in a nuclear radiation protection structure (NRPS) has been investigated by laser ultrasonics. Characteristics of laser ultrasonic waves in an NRPS have been researched by simulations and experiments. The signal-to-noise ratio of laser ultrasonic signals in the adhesive structure can be improved by wavelet threshold de-noising (WTDN) and band-pass filtering. Original laser ultrasonic signals were processed by WTDN to implement C-scans which have high contrast to noise ratio. Laser ultrasonic C-scan results can accurately characterize the disbonds, which are in reasonable agreement with the immersion ultrasonic detection result. Therefore, laser ultrasonics has potential for non-destructive evaluation of the bonding quality of NRPSs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1264-1278
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Adhesion Science and Technology
Volume31
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Jun 2017

Keywords

  • Laser ultrasonics
  • disbond
  • non-destructive evaluation
  • wavelet threshold de-noising

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