Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-vfjqv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T08:27:18.847Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Materials Characterization and Diagnosis Using Variable Frequency Microwaves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. Billy Wei ,
Zak Fathi ,
Denise A. Tucker ,
Michael L. Hampton ,
Richard S. Garard  and
Robert J. Lauf
J. Billy Wei
Affiliation:
Lambda Technologies, Inc., 8600 Jersey Court, Suite C, Raleigh, NC
Zak Fathi
Affiliation:
Lambda Technologies, Inc., 8600 Jersey Court, Suite C, Raleigh, NC
Denise A. Tucker
Affiliation:
Lambda Technologies, Inc., 8600 Jersey Court, Suite C, Raleigh, NC
Michael L. Hampton
Affiliation:
Lambda Technologies, Inc., 8600 Jersey Court, Suite C, Raleigh, NC
Richard S. Garard
Affiliation:
Lambda Technologies, Inc., 8600 Jersey Court, Suite C, Raleigh, NC
Robert J. Lauf
Affiliation:
ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN
Get access

Abstract

Product quality control is a crucial part of manufacturing and usually involves materials characterization and diagnosis. Though various microwave assisted nondestructive evaluation (MA-NDE) systems have been fabricated for materials inspection, none of the systems can be applied to materials within a mold or reactor. A broadband variable frequency microwave based, resonant mode MA-NDE was studied as an alternative for characterization of materials within a cavity. The main advantage of the resonant mode MA-NDE are non-intrusive and volumetric diagnosis of the material inside a mold. The principles and possible applications of the resonant mode MA-NDE are discussed. Resonant mode MA-NDE was fully demonstrated by using Vani-Wave to trace material status during microwave curing of Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A (DGEBA)/Diaminodiphenylsulphone (DDS) epoxy samples.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 430: Symposium O – Microwave Processing of Materials V , 1996 , 73
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Barrett, Alan H. and Myers, Philip C., “Basic Principles and Applications of Microwave Thermography”, in Medical Applications of Microwave Imaging, Larsen, Lawrence E. and Jacobi, John H. eds., p41, IEEE Press, (1986).Google Scholar
2. Steinberg, Bernard D. and Subbaram, Harish M., Microwave Imaging Techniques, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1991).Google Scholar
3. Nyfors, E. and Vainikainen, P., Industrial Microwave Sensors, Artech House, (1989).Google Scholar
4. Steinberg, Bernard D. and Subbaram, Harish M., Microwave Imaging Techniques, p3, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1991).Google Scholar
5. Bocquet, B., Van De Velde, J. C, Mamouni, A., and Leroy, Y., “Non Destructive Thermometry by Means of Microwave Radiometry”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol.347, p 143, (1994).Google Scholar
6. Sohns, C.W. and Bible, D.W., “Microwave Based Civil Structure Inspection Device”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol.347, p189, (1994).Google Scholar
7. Larsen, Lawrence E. and Jacobi, John H., Medical Applications of Microwave Imaging, IEEE Press, (1986).Google Scholar
8. d'Ambrosio, G., Massa, R., Migliore, M.D., Ciliberto, A., and Sabatino, C., “Microwave Based and Microwave Aided Non Destructive Test Methods”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 269, p497, (1992).Google Scholar
9. Swiatkowski, C., Sanders, A., Kunst, M., Seidelmann, G., Haffer, C., and Emmelmann, K., “In-situ Quality Control of the Production of Semiconductoe Devices by Microwave Photoconductivity Measurements”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol.269, p491, (1992).Google Scholar
10. Bolomey, J. Ch. and Pichot, Ch., “Microwave Imaging Techniques for Non-Destructive Testing of Materials”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol.269, p279, (1992).Google Scholar
11. Bolomey, J.Ch., Cottard, G. and Cown, B.J., “On-line Transverse Control of Materials by Means of Microwave Imaging Techniques”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol.189, p49, (1991).Google Scholar
12. Carsey, Frank D., Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice, American Geophysical Union, (1992).Google Scholar