X-ray Fluorescence Testing of Laminate Structures

Abstract

An X-ray fluorescence method and apparatus of detecting subsurface impact caused delaminations and cracks in cloth and epoxy-catalyst laminates which method and apparatus permit nondestructive testing and evaluation of the existance, location, parameters and depth of the subsurface damage.

Patent Number
4,577,337
Date Of Issue
Inventors

Glenn M. Light;