Characterization of defects using ultrasonic arrays: a dynamic classifier approach

In the field of nondestructive evaluation, accurate characterization of defects is required for the assessment of defect severity. Defect characterization is studied in this paper through the use of the ultrasonic scattering matrix, which can be extracted from the array measurements. Defects that have different shapes are classified into different defect classes, and this essentially allows us to distinguish between crack-like defects and...