Ultrasonic guided wave monitoring of composite wing skin-to-spar bonded joints in aerospace structures

2005 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 2240-2252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Matt ◽  
Ivan Bartoli ◽  
Francesco Lanza di Scalea
Keyword(s):  
Guided Wave ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Aerospace Structures ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave ◽  
Wing Skin ◽  
Composite Wing

Ultrasonic guided wave monitoring of composite bonded joints using macro fiber composite transducers

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Matt ◽  
Ivan Bartoli ◽  
Stefano Coccia ◽  
Francesco Lanza di Scalea ◽  
Joseph Oliver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave ◽  
Macro Fiber Composite

Optimization of Geometrical Parameters of a Magnetostrictive Ultrasonic Guided Wave Probe for Tube Inspection

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
V. Arjun ◽  
M.M. Narayanan ◽  
S. Thirunavukkarasu ◽  
Anish Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Guided Wave ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave

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.

Ultrasonic Guided Wave Inspection of Rail Defects Under Shelling

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hay ◽  
Subash Jayaraman ◽  
Robert Hay
Keyword(s):  
Guided Wave ◽  
Ultrasonic Guided Wave
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