CT Scan of NASA Booster Nozzle

Schneberk, D ; Perry, R ; Thompson, R

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Aluminium;    Adhesives;    Nozzles;    Nasa;    Carbon;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15014765
RP-ID  :  UCRL-TR-205787
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  15014765

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

We scanned a Booster Nozzle for NASA with our 9 meV LINAC, AmSi panel scanner. Three scans were performed using different filtering schemes and different positions of the nozzle. The results of the scan presented here are taken from the scan which provided the best contrast and lowest noise of the three. Our inspection data shows a number of indications of voids in the outer coating of rubber/carbon. The voids are mostly on the side of the nozzle, but a few small voids are present at the ends of the nozzle. We saw no large voids in the adhesive layer between the Aluminum and the inner layer of carbon. This 3D inspection data did show some variation in the size of the adhesive layer, but none of the indications were larger than 3 pixels in extent (21 mils). We have developed a variety of contour estimation and extraction techniques for inspecting small spaces between layers. These tools might work directly on un-sectioned nozzles since the circular contours will fit with our tools a little better. Consequently, it would be useful to scan a full nozzle to ensure there are no untoward degradations in data quality, and to see if our tools would work to extract the adhesive layer.