THE ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION FOR IMAGING ANISOTROPIC COMPONENTS WITH 2D ARRAYS.

Single crystal components are used widely in the gas-turbine industry. However, these components are elastically anisotropic which causes difficulties when performing NDE inspections with ultrasound. Recently an ultrasonic algorithm for a 2D array has been corrected to perform the reliable volumetric inspection of single crystals. For the algorithm to be implemented the crystallographic orientation of the components must be known. This paper, therefore, develops and reviews crystallographic orientation methods using 2D ultrasonic arrays. The methods under examination are based on the anisotropic propagation of surface and bulk waves and an image-based orientation method is also considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]