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Authors: Don Pieris (University of Nottingham) , Theodosia Stratoudaki (University of Strathclyde) , Adam Clare (University of Nottingham) , Peter Lukacs (University of Strathclyde) , Richard J Smith (University of Nottingham) , Paul Wilcox (University of Bristol) , Matt Clark (University of Nottingham)
The effective deployment of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in safety-critical applications is limited due to concerns around part integrity. Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) is required to provide assurance if AM is to progress into a mainstream manufacturing process in high-value industries such as aerospace. The non-contact and non-destructive nature of Laser Ultrasonics (LU) is well suited to the online inspection of AM. This paper discusses Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) as a NDE solution capable of detecting defects and/or features up to 26 mm deep and as small as 0.5 mm in diameter. It also discusses the capability of the system to be used as a quality control tool in terms of internal feature geometrical accuracy.
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How to Cite: Pieris, D. . , Stratoudaki, T. . , Clare, A. . , Lukacs, P. . , Smith, R. J. , Wilcox, P. . & Clark, M. . (2019) “Laser induced phased arrays”, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation.(0).