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Noncontact Sonic NDE and Defect Imaging Via Local Defect Resonance

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A selective acoustic activation of defects based on the concept of local defect resonance enables to enhance considerably the intensity of defect vibrations and makes it possible to reduce the input acoustic powers to the levels permissible for noncontact nondestructive inspection. Since for cm-size defects in composite materials, the LDR frequencies lie in the low kHz-range, the resonant noncontact activation shifts to an audible frequency range and can be provided by conventional sonic equipment. In this paper, the feasibility of the resonant noncontact inspection is validated for the most “problematic” methodologies of nonlinear, thermosonic and shearosonic NDE that usually require an elevated acoustic power and, therefore, a reliable contact between the specimen and the transducer. In contrast, the noncontact versions developed employ commercial loudspeakers which can simultaneously insonify large areas and be applied for a contactless sonic inspection of different materials and various scale components.

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One of the authors (I.S.) acknowledges support of this study in the framework of ALAMSA project funded from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 314768.

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    Igor Solodov, Markus Rahammer, Nikolai Gulnizkij & Marc Kreutzbruck

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Solodov, I., Rahammer, M., Gulnizkij, N. et al. Noncontact Sonic NDE and Defect Imaging Via Local Defect Resonance. J Nondestruct Eval 35, 48 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-016-0364-6

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