Advanced Ultrasonic Imaging Techniques for Aerospace Components

Launch date: 7 March 2012.
Phased Array Ultrasound Testing (PAUT) is now a well-established inspection technique and has shown many advantages for a number of industry sectors including aerospace. Due to easy availability of increased computing power it is now possible to apply new ultrasonic processing techniques based on the Full Matrix Capture (FMC) acquisition method, such as Total Focusing Method (TFM) and Multi-Mode Total Focusing Method (MTFM). The proposed project aims to assess the FMC based techniques developed by University of Bristol and provide objective technical information on the potential industrial use of the processing techniques and an assessment of its likely benefit to industry in the future.

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