Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for non-destructive testing

D Zhang - 2019 - stax.strath.ac.uk
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are receiving increasing attention for use in Non-
Destructive Testing/Evaluation (NDT/NDE), due to affordability, safety, and the ability to …

Implementation and evaluation of an autonomous airborne ultrasound inspection system

D Zhang, R Watson, C MacLeod, G Dobie… - Nondestructive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The mobility of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) offers significant benefits when
deploying remote Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspections of large-scale assets …

Transforming Engineering Inspections Through Advanced UAVs

AM Crespo, RC González, MÁT Soto, FJP Grau… - nowpublishers.com
This chapter presents recent research outcomes of engineering inspections using UAVs and
other autonomous aerial vehicles. The focus converges on the UAV components, shedding …

Evaluation of coded excitations for autonomous airborne ultrasonic inspection

D Zhang, R Watson, G Dobie… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are receiving increasing attention for use in Non-
Destructive Testing due to their ability to access areas where manual inspection is not …

Autonomous ultrasonic inspection using unmanned aerial vehicle

D Zhang, R Watson, G Dobie… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In terms of safety and convenience, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) offers significant
benefits when conducting remote NDT evaluations by mitigating hazards and inefficiencies …

Unmanned aerial vehicles for contact-based inspection

R Watson - 2023 - stax.strath.ac.uk
Abstract Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become effective tools for in situ
inspection of energy sector infrastructure where aging-related degradation causes critical …

[PDF][PDF] Application of an Overactuated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Dry-Coupled Ultrasonic Inspection

RJ Watson, M Kamel, D Zhang, CN MacLeod, G Dobie… - aerialinteraction.wordpress.com
Adoption of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) within the context of industrial asset
inspection has grown markedly in recent years [1]. In contemporary practice of Non …

Dry coupled ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation using an over-actuated unmanned aerial vehicle

R Watson, M Kamel, D Zhang, G Dobie… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are seeing increasing adoption to automated remote and
in situ inspection of industrial assets, removing the need for hazardous manned access …

Dry-coupled airborne ultrasonic inspection using coded excitation

D Zhang, R Watson, J Cao, T Zhao… - 2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer significant potential benefits to the inspection of
large-scale facilities due to their ability to access areas where manual inspection is not …

Deployment of contact-based ultrasonic thickness measurements using over-actuated UAVs

RJ Watson, SG Pierce, M Kamel, D Zhang… - European Workshop on …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being utilized for the structural
health assessment of on and off-shore structures. Visual inspection is the usual …