TY - GEN
T1 - Millimeter wave detection of localized anomalies in the space shuttle external fuel tank insulating foam and acreage heat tiles
AU - Kharkovsky, S.
AU - Case, J. T.
AU - Zoughi, R.
AU - Hepburn, F.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - ![CDATA[Undesired manufactured or in-service produced anomalies in the form of voids in the SOFI and unbonds in the heat tiles can significantly reduce their designed effectiveness. Additionally, unbonds in the heat tiles may cause their complete separation from the fuselage exposing it to extreme heat. Millimeter wave NDT methods are viable candidate for life-cycle inspection of the SOFI and the acreage heat tiles of the Space Shuttle fleet. The results of these investigations described in this paper clearly showed the utility of these methods for detecting localized anomalies in thick SOFI and acreage heat tiles. These methods are fast and robust and the systems used to produce these images are small, real-time and provide a significant amount of useful information about the nature of an anomaly (e.g., size, location, etc.) without the need for complex image processing. This investigation is currently ongoing and additional results will be provided in the final paper.]]
AB - ![CDATA[Undesired manufactured or in-service produced anomalies in the form of voids in the SOFI and unbonds in the heat tiles can significantly reduce their designed effectiveness. Additionally, unbonds in the heat tiles may cause their complete separation from the fuselage exposing it to extreme heat. Millimeter wave NDT methods are viable candidate for life-cycle inspection of the SOFI and the acreage heat tiles of the Space Shuttle fleet. The results of these investigations described in this paper clearly showed the utility of these methods for detecting localized anomalies in thick SOFI and acreage heat tiles. These methods are fast and robust and the systems used to produce these images are small, real-time and provide a significant amount of useful information about the nature of an anomaly (e.g., size, location, etc.) without the need for complex image processing. This investigation is currently ongoing and additional results will be provided in the final paper.]]
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/535558
U2 - 10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604407
DO - 10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604407
M3 - Conference Paper
SN - 780388801
SP - 1527
EP - 1530
BT - IMTC/05: Proceedings of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference: Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 16-19 May 2005
PB - IEEE
T2 - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
Y2 - 16 May 2005
ER -