Creation of reference materials for verification of Non Linear Acoustics NDT

该项目将使用新的制造方法开发专门的参考人工制品，以验证和验证用于无损检测(NDT)的非线性声学(NLA)设备的能力。商业航空、航空航天、国防和汽车行业正在大力投资于金属添加剂制造(AM)的扩大。为了实现大规模采用，需要新的无损检测技术来测试这些制造部件的完整性。制造商要求根据认证标准对此类设备的能力进行验证和验证。当前的缺陷校准标准不足以或不能代表AM工艺中看到的缺陷，因此必须创建具有与真实世界相关的种子缺陷和合格缺陷的新标准。然后，这些设备将被用于验证新一代无损检测设备。

This project will develop specialised reference artefacts, using novel fabrication methods, that validate and verify the capabilities of Non-Linear Acoustics (NLA) equipment for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT).Commercial aviation, Aerospace, Defence and Automotive industries are investing heavily in the scale-up of Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metals. To enable widescale adoption new NDT technologies are required to test the integrity of these manufactured parts. Manufacturers require the capabilities of such equipment to be validated and verified against certified standards.Current defect calibration standards are inadequate or unrepresentative of the defects seen in AM processes and therefore new standards must be created with seeded and qualified defects which are relevant to the real world. These will then subsequently be used to verify a new generation of NDT equipment.