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1.2 Thesis Objectives and Background |
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1.2.1 Single Crystal Turbine Blades |
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1.2.2 NDE and the Inspection of Turbine Blades |
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7 | (2) |
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1.2.3 Ultrasonic Phased Array Inspections |
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9 | (1) |
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1.2.4 Anisotropy of Single Crystals |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (3) |
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11 | (2) |
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2 Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Media |
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2.2 Bulk Waves in Anisotropic Solids |
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2.2.1 Bulk Wave Propagation in Isotropic and Anisotropic Solids |
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2.2.2 Phase and Group Velocity |
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16 | (3) |
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19 | (5) |
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2.2.4 Results and Validation |
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24 | (3) |
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2.3 Wave Amplitude from a Point-Force on an Infinite Half-Space |
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27 | (11) |
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28 | (7) |
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2.3.2 Results and Validation |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (3) |
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39 | (2) |
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3 Imaging Anisotropic Components with Ultrasonic Arrays |
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41 | (22) |
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42 | (1) |
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3.1.1 Ultrasonic Array Imaging Algorithms |
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42 | (1) |
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3.1.2 The Ultrasonic Inspection of Anisotropic Materials |
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3.2 Anisotropic TFM Algorithm |
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3.3 Effect of Velocity Variation |
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45 | (5) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (3) |
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3.4 Effect of Beam Profile Variation |
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50 | (6) |
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3.4.1 Simulated Field Patterns |
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51 | (3) |
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3.4.2 Experimental Results |
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54 | (2) |
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3.5 Effect of Crystallographic Misorientation |
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3.5.1 Simulations with the Linear Array |
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3.5.2 Experiments with the 2D Array |
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3.5.3 Discussion on Crystallographic Misorientation |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (3) |
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61 | (2) |
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4 Crystallographic Orientation Using Ultrasonic Arrays |
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63 | (18) |
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63 | (3) |
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4.1.1 X-Ray Diffraction Orientation |
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64 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Ultrasonic Orientation |
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64 | (2) |
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4.2 Velocity Profile Measurement Methods |
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66 | (9) |
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67 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Surface Wave Method |
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68 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Orientation Accuracy |
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4.3.1 Orientation Accuracy |
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76 | (3) |
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5 The Development of an in Situ Ultrasonic Array Inspection System |
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81 | (2) |
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5.1.1 Inspection Specification and Strategy |
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5.2 The Development of the Probe Deployment and Manipulation System |
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5.3 The Design of the Ultrasonic Array Probe |
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5.3.1 General Ultrasonic Array Design Considerations |
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5.3.2 Initial Ultrasonic Array Experiments |
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85 | (3) |
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5.3.3 Design of the in Situ Engine Probe |
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88 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Crystallographic Orientation Considerations |
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89 | (1) |
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5.4 Ultrasonic Array Probe Performance |
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5.4.1 Corrected TFM Images |
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91 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Effect of Beam Amplitude |
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92 | (2) |
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5.4.3 Effect of Crystallographic Orientation on Defect Detection |
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94 | (2) |
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5.4.4 Effect of Defect Size and Orientation |
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96 | (1) |
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5.4.5 Crystallographic Orientation Accuracy |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (3) |
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101 | (2) |
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6 The Assessment of the Developed Inspection Capability |
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103 | (8) |
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103 | (2) |
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6.2 Raw Inspection Results |
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105 | (1) |
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6.3 Probability of Detection Results |
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106 | (2) |
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6.4 Capability of the Single Element Probe |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (6) |
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7.2 Suggested Future Work |
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114 | (3) |
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7.2.2 Ultrasonic Crystallographic Orientation Methods |
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114 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Improved Defect Characterisation in Anisotropic Materials using Large Aperture Arrays |
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114 | (1) |
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7.2.4 FMC Data Simulations of Complex Defects |
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115 | (1) |
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7.2.5 Alternative Imaging Algorithms |
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115 | (1) |
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| Appendix A The Wave Energy Approach for Computing Group Velocity |
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117 | (4) |
| Appendix B Analysis of Finite Element Accuracy for Beam Amplitude Modelling |
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121 | (4) |
| Appendix C The Gaussian Curvature of a Surface |
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125 | (2) |
| Appendix D The Development of a Single Element Probe for the Inspection of Turbine Blades |
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| Appendix E Probability of Detection |
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