A Baseline and Vision of Ultrasonic Guided Wave Inspection Potential

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Nondestructive Evaluation ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Wave Mechanics ◽  
Software Technology ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave ◽  
Basic Physics ◽  
Service Inspection ◽  
New Millennium

Ultrasonic guided wave inspection is expanding rapidly to many different areas of manufacturing and in-service inspection. The purpose of this paper is to provide a vision of ultrasonic guided wave inspection potential as we move forward into the new millennium. An increased understanding of the basic physics and wave mechanics associated with guided wave inspection has led to an increase in practical nondestructive evaluation and inspection problems. Some fundamental concepts and a number of different applications that are currently being considered will be presented in the paper along with a brief description of the sensor and software technology that will make ultrasonic guided wave inspection commonplace in the next century.

A Guided Wave Plate Experiment for a Pipe

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Luo ◽  
Xiaoliang Zhao ◽  
Joseph L. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Guided Waves ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Boundary Element Methods ◽  
Plate Model ◽  
Wave Mechanics ◽  
Model Approximation ◽  
Sh Waves ◽  
Transmission Coefficients ◽  
Pipe Model ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave

The plate approximation of a pipe is a topic discussed for decades. Rules have been established to make the comparisons. Presented here is a related topic, but one to answer the question of whether an easy-to-conduct plate experiment can be used to predict what happens in a pipe for ultrasonic guided wave. For longitudinal guided waves in a pipe, the approximation is valid clearly only over a very short distance or inordinate closeness to a defect for wave scattering analysis; but for circumferential guided waves, the validity is unclear and therefore it is worthwhile to study criteria on the approximation and simplification of a pipe experiment as a plate experiment by means of wave mechanics analysis and modeling computation. Circumferential shear horizontal (SH) waves in pipes and SH waves in plates were studied in this paper toward this goal and it was found that the wave frequency and wall thickness to radius ratio were the two key parameters with respect to the similarity. Dispersion curves and wave structures of the SH waves in plates and in pipes were compared to find the origin of the similarity. Experimental simulations and modeling with boundary element methods were also carried out for the reflection and transmission coefficients of the SH waves impinging into a defect, from which some criteria have been established for the plate model approximation. Although a pipe model is more accurate for pipe experiments, a plate model often gives a quick and reasonable solution especially when it is difficult to establish a pipe model.

Ultrasonic unilateral double-position excitation lamb wave defect detection and quantification method for ground electrode of transmission tower

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Kuan Ye ◽  
Kai Zhou ◽  
Ren Zhigang ◽  
Ruizhe Zhang ◽  
Chunsheng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Guided Waves ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Quantization Error ◽  
Dispersion Function ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Transmission Tower ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave ◽  
Transmission Towers

The power transmission tower’s ground electrode defect will affect its normal current dispersion function and threaten the power system’s safe and stable operation and even personal safety. Aiming at the problem that the buried grounding grid is difficult to be detected, this paper proposes a method for identifying the ground electrode defects of transmission towers based on single-side multi-point excited ultrasonic guided waves. The geometric model, ultrasonic excitation model, and physical model are established, and the feasibility of ultrasonic guided wave detection is verified through the simulation and experiment. In actual inspection, it is equally important to determine the specific location of the defect. Therefore, a multi-point excitation method is proposed to determine the defect’s actual position by combining the ultrasonic guided wave signals at different excitation positions. Besides, the precise quantification of flat steel grounding electrode defects is achieved through the feature extraction-neural network method. Field test results show that, compared with the commercial double-sided excitation transducer, the single-sided excitation transducer proposed in this paper has a lower defect quantization error in defect quantification. The average quantization error is reduced by approximately 76%.

scholarly journals Phase-delayed laser diode array allows ultrasonic guided wave mode selection and tuning

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (14) ◽  
pp. 144904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasi Karppinen ◽  
Ari Salmi ◽  
Petro Moilanen ◽  
Timo Karppinen ◽  
Zuomin Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Diode ◽  
Mode Selection ◽  
Wave Mode ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Diode Array ◽  
Laser Diode Array ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave

scholarly journals Rail Diagnostics Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves: An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1071
Author(s):  
Davide Bombarda ◽  
Giorgio Matteo Vitetta ◽  
Giovanni Ferrante
Keyword(s):  
Guided Waves ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Technical Literature ◽  
Track Maintenance ◽  
Rail Network ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave ◽  
Maintenance And Inspection

Rail tracks undergo massive stresses that can affect their structural integrity and produce rail breakage. The last phenomenon represents a serious concern for railway management authorities, since it may cause derailments and, consequently, losses of rolling stock material and lives. Therefore, the activities of track maintenance and inspection are of paramount importance. In recent years, the use of various technologies for monitoring rails and the detection of their defects has been investigated; however, despite the important progresses in this field, substantial research efforts are still required to achieve higher scanning speeds and improve the reliability of diagnostic procedures. It is expected that, in the near future, an important role in track maintenance and inspection will be played by the ultrasonic guided wave technology. In this manuscript, its use in rail track monitoring is investigated in detail; moreover, both of the main strategies investigated in the technical literature are taken into consideration. The first strategy consists of the installation of the monitoring instrumentation on board a moving test vehicle that scans the track below while running. The second strategy, instead, is based on distributing the instrumentation throughout the entire rail network, so that continuous monitoring in quasi-real-time can be obtained. In our analysis of the proposed solutions, the prototypes and the employed methods are described.

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