You are here

COMBINED HOLOGRAPHIC-INFRARED INSPECTION

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2116
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 2397 - 9832 Canal Rd
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Harold Berger
 (301) 948-0332
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

A COMBINED HOLOGRAPHIC-INFRARED INSPECTION METHOD IS PROPOSED. THE COMBINATION TECHNIQUE WILL PROVIDE MORE VALUABLE INTERPRETATION INFORMATION AND MORE QUANTITATIVE INSPECTION RESULTS THAN EITHER METHOD USED ALONE. A POWERFUL NEW INSPECTION APPROACH FOR BONDED ASSEMBLIES SUCH AS COMPOSITE STRUCTURE IS ANTICIPATED. THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE TO OPTIMIZE THE HEATING PROCEDURE AND IMAGING GEOMETRY TO GENERATE USEFUL SIGNALS FROM BOTH HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY AND INFRARED IMAGING. ALSO THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO INTERPRETATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM TESTS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF DISCONTINUITIES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT EACH METHOD WILL PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION FOR MANY TYPES OF DISCONTINUITIES IN COMPOSITES SUCH AS DELAMINATIONS, INTERNAL DAMAGE/ MICROCRACKING, EXCESS RESIN, FIBER UNIFORMITY, ETC. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY EACH METHOD WILL BE COMPLEMENTARY AND THE COMBINED RESULT WILL YIELD USEFUL, QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF FRINGE COUNTS AND BREADTH OF INDICATION FROM HOLOGRAPHY AND IMAGE SIZE, TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE AND TIME TO GENERATE SIGNAL FROM THE INFRARED RESULT. A BROADLY USEFUL, EASILY APPLIED INSPECTION TECHNIQUE WILL RESULT.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

US Flag An Official Website of the United States Government