Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/F012322/1 | |
| Title | CAPACITIVE IMAGING FOR NDE | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fusion) 1%; Not Energy Related 90%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion) 3%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 2%; Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission) 4%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor D Hutchins No email address given School of Engineering University of Warwick |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2007 | |
| End Date | 31 December 2009 | |
| Duration | 27 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £160,216 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Aerospace; Defence and Marine; Energy; Manufacturing; Transport Systems and Vehicles | |
| Region | West Midlands | |
| Programme | Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor D Hutchins , School of Engineering, University of Warwick (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering Ltd (SFEL) (0.000%) Project Contact , Airbus UK Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , BP Research Centre (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | It is proposed to investigate a technique for NDE known as capacitive imaging. This approach is a non-contact technique, and should be capable of inspecting a wide range of material types, from insulators (including polymers and composites) to metals. It can be used both underwater and in hostile environments (high/low temperatures, radioactive environments etc), and can be scanned over objects. It should thus have wide application to NDE. The technique uses a set of electrodes, placed close tothe surface of the material. Interaction of the electric field distribuion with the material leads to changes in signal when the electrical properties of the sample themselves change, leading to the possibility of imaging. A feasibility study, funded by the RCNDE from core funds, demonstrated promising results on a wide range of materials. The present targetted proposal aims to investigate the fundamental properties of this technique further, involving a combination of experiment and FE modelling. It is also planned to extend the instrumentation to switchable arrays for rapid large-area inspection. The technique will be applied to problems of industrial relevance, including the inspection of aerospace structures, and the detection of corrosion under insulators (CUI) | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 12/06/07 | |
