Material Defect Reconstruction by Non-Destructive Testing with Laser Induced Ultrasonics

Aligned with current research efforts and industrial applications on nondestructive testing, in this work, a hybrid system combining remotely induced laser ultrasonics with conventional transducer detection is studied for defects detection in metallic parts. The processing of the induced acoustic emission waves is proposed to be approached by means of a high-resolution volumetric signal processing procedure based on the synthetic aperture focusing technique for the benefit of the final 2D visualization of the defects. The advantages of the hybrid non-destructive testing approach and the performance of the processing technique are experimentally validated. (paper)