Patent ID: 8950261
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G01M,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting faults in a member, said member having a first and second face opposite each other and communicating fluidically in the presence of at least one fault; the method comprising the steps of: generating a first sound signal with a transmitter, so that said first sound signal interacts with at least one portion of the first face of the member; arranging a receiver, configured to receive a second sound signal, close to a respective portion of said second face of the member corresponding to said portion of said first face, said second sound signal being the outcome of said first sound signal interacting with said member; moving said receiver, close to the second face of the member; generating a detection signal with the receiver, as a function of the received said second sound signal; calculating, at a number of instants (ti˜t in the event of said at least one fault in said member: