| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S24435/01 |
| Title: |
Non-contact dual probe using eddy current and ultrasonic techniques |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dixon, Professor SM |
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| Department: |
Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Warwick |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 August 2003 |
Ends: |
31 July 2006 |
Value (£): |
170,888
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Electromagnetics |
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
| Lasers & Optics |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
| Construction |
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This project will result in the development of a revolutionary new instrument that will combine state of the art non-contact ultrasonic and eddy current inspection into a single probe. The device will be used to interrogate surface and sub-surface defects in a range of structurally important sample types such as railtracks. This offers a huge practical advantage as firstly time and cost constraints often limit inspection to a single non-destructive testing (NDT) technique and here we will use the two approaches simultaneously. Being totally non-contact the probe will easily be able to inspect hot or moving components even in hostile environments and it will lend itself to complete automation. Secondly the combination of techniques will be complemented by data fusion of the results from each method. We will develop advanced signal processing techniques to obtain detailed information on defects by processing the results from each method in isolation and also by processing and fusing data from each method simultaneously. This will allow us to characterise the defect, based on the algorithms that have already been demonstrated for eddy current testing and correlate the detected signals from the two complementary methods. A major benefit to using this combined inspection approach is that each technique has strengths and weaknesses in different areas as is described in more detail in the main proposal.
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http://www.warwick.ac.uk |