METHOD FOR PREPARING AND ULTRASONICALLY TESTING A THERMAL-SPRAY COATED ARTICLE

An article having a thermal-spray coating thereon is prepared by thermally spraying a coating material onto a surface of a substrate article. The coated article is nondestructively tested by directing a transmitted ultrasonic signal into the coated article, receiving a received ultrasonic signal fro...

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Hauptverfasser: RUZZO PATSY AUGUSTINE, TOMLINSON THOMAS J, STEWART MATTHEW, DIETZ DAVID J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An article having a thermal-spray coating thereon is prepared by thermally spraying a coating material onto a surface of a substrate article. The coated article is nondestructively tested by directing a transmitted ultrasonic signal into the coated article, receiving a received ultrasonic signal from the coated article, and evaluating a near-bondline region of the coated article located adjacent to the surface of the article using the received ultrasonic signal.