Creation of reference materials for verification of Non Linear Acoustics NDT

该项目将开发专门的参考人工制品，使用新颖的制造方法，验证非线性声学（NLA）设备用于无损检测（NDT）的能力。商业航空、航空航天、国防和汽车行业正在大力投资扩大金属增材制造（AM）的规模。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。制造商要求这些设备的性能根据认证标准进行验证和验证。目前的缺陷校准标准不充分或不代表增材制造过程中看到的缺陷，因此必须创建新的标准，其中包含与现实世界相关的种子和合格缺陷。这些将随后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.