@inproceedings{dca70b15f8d443678e973f832a94d148,
title = "Portable vibro-acoustic testing system for in situ microstructure characterization and metrology",
abstract = "There is a need in research reactors like the one at INL to inspect irradiated materials and structures. The goal of this work is to develop a portable scanning infrastructure for a material characterization technique called vibro-acoustography (VA) that has been developed by the Idaho National laboratory for nuclear applications to characterize fuel, cladding materials, and structures. The proposed VA technology is based on ultrasound and acoustic waves; however, it provides information beyond what is available from the traditional ultrasound techniques and can expand the knowledge on nuclear material characterization and microstructure evolution. This paper will report on the development of a portable scanning system that will be set up to characterize materials and components in open water reactors and canals in situ. We will show some initial laboratory results of images generated by vibro-acoustics of surrogate fuel plates and graphite structures and discuss the design of the portable system.",
author = "Smith, {James A.} and Nichol, {Corrie I.} and Zuck, {Larry D.} and Mostafa Fatemi",
note = "Funding Information: The work at the INL was sponsored by DOE's Office of Technology Transitions under the Technology Commercialization Fund and the INL royalty Funds. The work performed at the Mayo Clinic was sponsored by DOE office of Nuclear Energy under the Fuel Cycle R&D Program. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, under DOE-NE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. This manuscript was authored by a contractor for the U.S. Government. The publisher, by accepting the article for publication, Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Author(s).; 44th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE 2017 ; Conference date: 16-07-2017 Through 21-07-2017",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1063/1.5031587",
language = "English (US)",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Chimenti, {Dale E.} and Bond, {Leonard J.}",
booktitle = "44th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Volume 37",
}