PSEUDO POROSITY REFERENCE STANDARD FOR CORED COMPOSITE LAMINATES

摘要

The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a cored composite laminate having porosity. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard (80) for cored composite laminates having porosity includes a member (82) having at least one thickness, at least one core (88), and at least one mesh (86). The member may be manufactured from a fiber-free polymer resin using a stereo lithography process. Use of the mesh produces a- standard which transmits ultrasonic energy, with the mesh scattering and attenuating the energy. Use of the core aides in modeling a cored composite laminate. The manufactured reference standard may replace more costly porous, cored, composite laminate reference standards in the aircraft industry and in other non-aircraft applications.