The Development of a 2D Ultrasonic Array Inspection for Single Crystal Turbine Blades

• Main Author: Lane, Christopher (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Application software.; Structural mechanics.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Materials science.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Structural Mechanics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

This thesis describes the development of a new technique to solve an important industrial inspection requirement for a high-value jet-engine component. The work – and the story told in the thesis – stretches all the way from the fundamentals of wave propagation in anisotropic material and ultrasonic...