Space systems. Non-destructive testing. Automatic ultrasonic inspection method of graphite ingot for solid rocket motors

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Inspection ◽  
Space Systems ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Solid Rocket Motors ◽  
Rocket Motors ◽  
Solid Rocket ◽  
Non Destructive

SWEPT FREQUENCY ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD FOR LINER-PROPELLANT SEPARATIONS OF SOLID ROCKET MOTORS

1992 ◽  
Vol 8-9 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 1069-1083
Author(s):  
MORIO SHIMIZU ◽  
YUKIO FUKUSHIMA ◽  
MICHIO TAKAHASHI ◽  
KATSUYA ITOH
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Inspection ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Solid Rocket Motors ◽  
Rocket Motors ◽  
Solid Rocket

scholarly journals Pipeline In-Line Inspection Method, Instrumentation and Data Management

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3862
Author(s):  
Qiuping Ma ◽  
Guiyun Tian ◽  
Yanli Zeng ◽  
Rui Li ◽  
Huadong Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Metal Loss ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Pipeline Inspection ◽  
Inspection Systems ◽  
Non Destructive

Pipelines play an important role in the national/international transportation of natural gas, petroleum products, and other energy resources. Pipelines are set up in different environments and consequently suffer various damage challenges, such as environmental electrochemical reaction, welding defects, and external force damage, etc. Defects like metal loss, pitting, and cracks destroy the pipeline’s integrity and cause serious safety issues. This should be prevented before it occurs to ensure the safe operation of the pipeline. In recent years, different non-destructive testing (NDT) methods have been developed for in-line pipeline inspection. These are magnetic flux leakage (MFL) testing, ultrasonic testing (UT), electromagnetic acoustic technology (EMAT), eddy current testing (EC). Single modality or different kinds of integrated NDT system named Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) or un-piggable robotic inspection systems have been developed. Moreover, data management in conjunction with historic data for condition-based pipeline maintenance becomes important as well. In this study, various inspection methods in association with non-destructive testing are investigated. The state of the art of PIGs, un-piggable robots, as well as instrumental applications, are systematically compared. Furthermore, data models and management are utilized for defect quantification, classification, failure prediction and maintenance. Finally, the challenges, problems, and development trends of pipeline inspection as well as data management are derived and discussed.

Infrared Thermography Non-Destructive Testing of Composite Materials

2011 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 1307-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui Qin Wu ◽  
Wei Ping Wang ◽  
Qi Gang Yuan ◽  
Yan Jun Li ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Infrared Thermography ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Solid Rocket Motor ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Active Infrared Thermography ◽  
Non Destructive

To detect the delamination, disbond，inclusion defects of the glass fiber composite materials applied in the solid rocket motor, active infrared thermographic non-destructive testing(NDT) is researched. The samples including known defects are heated by pulsed high energy flash lamp. The surface temperature of the samples is monitored by infrared thermography camera. The results of the experiments show that the active infrared thermography technique is a fast and effective inspection method for detecting the defects of delamination, disbond，inclusion of the composites. The samples are also detected by underwater ultrasonic c-scans. The paper concludes that the active infrared thermography NDT is more suitable to rapidly detect the defect in large-area and the underwater ultrasonic c-scans is more suitable to quantitatively identify the defect in local-area.

Investigation of Interaction of Laser Generated Lamb Waves With Structures of Interest

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yang ◽  
I. Charles Ume
Keyword(s):  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Test Procedure ◽  
Ultrasonic Inspection ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Laser Generation ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Non Destructive

Laser generation/EMAT (electromagnetic acoustic transducer) reception ultrasonic inspection technique shows a great promise in the field of Non-Destructive Testing of welds due to its non-contact nature. However, the broadband nature of laser generation and the dispersive characteristic of Lamb waves make the laser generated ultrasonic signals in thin structures extremely complicated. In order to ease the interpretation of received signals, it is desirable to investigate the interactions of different structural features with Lamb waves and find their related signatures in signal, which offers the potential to detect different types of weld defects using a single test procedure. This work proposed a technique based on 2-D Fourier Transformation to investigate the laser generated Lamb waves experimentally and to find the most sensitive predictors in EMAT received signals corresponding to a specific structural feature of interest. The amplitudes of different Lamb wave modes in the wave-number/frequency domain provide a wealth of information. The demonstration of the technique was carried out on aluminum plates with isolated rectangular notches of different depths. The procedure introduced here is general which can be employed in other applications of Non-Destructive Testing.

Research on the Method for Drill Pipe Thread Inspection

2006 ◽  
Vol 321-323 ◽  
pp. 472-475
Author(s):  
Jin Feng Ding ◽  
Yi Hua Kang ◽  
Xin Jun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Drill Pipe ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Drill Pipes ◽  
Thread Root ◽  
Non Destructive

Failure of the drill pipe thread is always a very serious problem which may result in serious accidents and rework during the drilling of oil wells. Rupture crack of the drill pipe thread may result in great economic and labour losses, so they need to be inspected periodically. As the drill pipe thread is not a smooth surface and is in the end area of drill pipes, it is very difficult to be inspected by traditional Non-destructive testing (NDT) methods. According to the experiment results and the requirement of the working conditions in the field, a local MFL inspection method, which is the most adaptive inspection method, is determined. Laboratory testing and field experience show that this inspection method can detect the crack as small as 0.6mm (depth) in the thread root and thus reduces the risks of drilling failure. This local MFL inspection method can inspect flaws of the drill pipe thread that occur in practice exactly and quickly, and it has very wide application perspectives.

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