scholarly journals A framework for corrosion assessment in metallic structures, from data analysis to risk based inspection

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Cui ◽  
Xiaoxia Liang ◽  
Ujjwal Bharadwaj

Metallic corrosion is a big challenge affecting many sectors in a nation’s economy. Necessary corrosion prevention actions have to be taken in order to maintain the integrity of engineering assets susceptible to corrosion. This paper proposes a holistic framework to support the management of corrosion in metallic structures. It is a fully automation corrosion assessment process, with risk updated by Bayesian theory. Through analyzing the thickness data measured by non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques, the influence of corrosion on the component can be estimated using statistical methods, which will enable users to make decisions on maintenance based on quantitative information. A case study using corrosion data from a steel bridge is included to demonstrate the proposed framework. It improved the conventional corrosion analysis method by the proposed statistical approach using representative thickness data, which aims to take full use of the remaining life. This model can be adapted to a wide range of metallic structure suffering from corrosion damage.

2019 ◽  
Vol 970 ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Yuliya Shulgina ◽  
Maria A. Kostina ◽  
P.V. Sorokin ◽  
Marina Polonskaya ◽  
O.A. Kozhemyak ◽  
...  

Many industries apply pressure tanks for the storage of various types of liquids [1]. It can be toxic, chemically active liquids or food products. Storage conditions of these liquids can have a wide range of pressures and temperatures; therefore it is preferable to control the liquids levels from the outside of the tank. The most optimal solution in this case is the ultrasonic pulse time method [2-6], which is also widely used in robotics [7], fishing, shipping [8-9], archeology [10-11], non-destructive testing [12-17] and manometric method [18].


Author(s):  
Martin Allen ◽  
Andrew T. Ramsey

Recent advances in virtually all areas of industrial Computed Tomography (CT) now allow faster, higher resolution, and increasingly economic CT inspection of turbine blades than ever before. CT is now used for a wide range of Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) applications including first article inspection, defect detection, internal measurement, wear (and failure) analysis, and reverse engineering. Improvements range from the introduction of international standards on CT, through improvements in acquisition, reconstruction, and data extraction. Some of the most significant advances have been made in the ability to process the data generated by the CT systems. Today, CT is an increasingly practical method for the Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation of turbine blades.


Author(s):  
Z.M. Selivanova ◽  
V.S. Eryshova

An information-measuring system for non-destructive testing of thermophysical properties of solid materials with an intelligent sensor has been developed. Mathematical models for reconfiguring the structure of the information-measuring system and the intelligent sensor were built. Algorithms for changing the configuration of the intelligent sensor and the functioning of the information-measuring system have been developed, allowing us to expand the systems functionality for studying thermophysical properties of solid materials in a wide range of thermal conductivities, as well as to improve the accuracy and efficiency of thermophysical measurements by adapting the system to the class of materials studied.


Relevance of the problem of the development of technical means (GPR) and algorithms for processing ultra-wideband signals follows from the wide range of possibilities that these means of non-destructive testing and remote sensing provides, together with the potential of modern computing tools and software. Of particular interest in this regard are the results obtained by using various effects associated with a change in the polarization state of both primary (probing) pulses and signals reflected from complex multilayer media to detect defects in them. This is due to the possibility of not only quickly detecting heterogeneities, but also with the relatively low cost of such work. The purpose of the work is a review of various technical means (pulsed georadars) and signal processing methods for detecting various internal inhomogeneities in plane-layered media. These heterogeneities include, in addition to various internal communications elements (cables) and technical elements (drainage pipes), also dangerous externally invisible defects - subsurface cracks and delamination (interruption of contact between the layers). Materials and methods. The paper provides an overview of methods developed by the author, among others, which are designed to solve primarily the practical problems of detecting subsurface inhomogeneities and defects in plane-layered media. The physical basis for the creation of these methods was the result of many years of research by the author related to the analysis of the polarization state of complex (including pulsed) signals scattered by various objects. Results. The basis of the considered results is made up of both scientific articles and patents of Ukraine for inventions and utility models obtained by the author. Conclusions. The review of the results and various methods presented in the article is another confirmation of the wide possibilities offered by new means of remote sensing and non-destructive testing. These tools include not only the devices themselves (elements for obtaining primary data), but also information processing algorithms and software, combined into a single methodology for collecting, processing and subsequent storage of data on the current state of the examined technical and natural objects.


2019 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
Héctor C. Terán ◽  
Oscar Arteaga ◽  
F.S. Alcocer ◽  
Richard R. Navas ◽  
Stalin P. Mena ◽  
...  

This work is based on making a comparison of different inspection methods of non-destructive testing (NDT), to detect porosity, bite, undercut, splash, overlap, slag, concavity, lack of fusion and damage to base material, in welds of shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) and flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), made on a steel bridge ASTM-A-588. The main application of non-destructive tests is to evaluate the final state of a welded joint in critical points, in addition the fundamental objective is to ensure that the established acceptance and rejection criteria are met rigorously. For which non-destructive techniques are analyzed, such as the visual testing of welding on the beams of a bridge of length 35000 mm, subsequently, tests of inspection by liquid penetrant were used, based on the AWS D1.5 standard to confirm the failures in welded joints in ABA webs, an ultrasonic is also carried out using an SIUI CTS 602 equipment, finally to issue an acceptance and rejection criterion as determined by ASTM E165 and ASTM E2544-09.


Author(s):  
Q Huang ◽  
Y. M. Mo ◽  
Z Y. Li ◽  
J. R. Song ◽  
S. F. Liao ◽  
...  

pipeline leakage causes great harm in industrial production, and the detection of pipeline leakage has important application value in industrial production. Ultrasonic testing technology has a wide range of applications in the field of industry, is one of the main means of non-destructive testing. It is very difficult to distinguish between human eyes and ears. Therefore, by using the propagation characteristics and unidirectionality of ultrasonic, non-destructive testing can be realized, and the detection distance is wide, and the safety of personnel can be guaranteed. In this paper, ANSYS software is used to simulate different cases of pipeline leakage, mainly including the relationship between leakage velocity and ultrasonic frequency with different leakage aperture, different pressure in the pipe, different spacing between two holes. The simulation is of great significance for the field theory research of pipeline leakage and the detection of pipeline leakage.


2021 ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
В.В. Ларионов ◽  
А.М. Лидер ◽  
Д.О. Долматов ◽  
Д.А. Седнев

Nowadays, automation is an actual issue in the development of methods and equipment for ultrasonic non-destructive testing. The conditions of modern industrial production require the development and application the automated testing equipment which is versatile to a wide range of manufactured products, which can have a complex shape. In this paper, we propose a technique for ultrasonic testing of complex-shaped objects. Such technique implies the application of six degrees of freedom robotic manipulators to ensure the required refraction angle of ultrasonic waves into the test object at each measuring position. The trajectory of the robot movement during scanning is provided by restoring the surface profile of the test object using optical profilometry and determining the location of the test object relative to the robotic manipulator using a probe tip. Within the framework of this work, the effectiveness of the developed technology is verified experimentally.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Сергей Леонович ◽  
Sergey Leonovich ◽  
Дмитрий Снежков ◽  
Dmitriy Snezhkov ◽  
Валентин Доркин ◽  
...  

The monograph considers a wide range of issues related to the determination of strength characteristics of concrete by non-destructive methods. The physical principles of the main methods of non-destructive testing of concrete in structures are stated, promising directions of improvement of non-destructive methods are considered. Much attention is paid to the development of ultrasonic methods of concrete testing. The extensive experimental material of laboratory tests and the results of field tests at construction sites, which are considered from the standpoint of the current standards and the introduced norms of the European Union, are presented. The results of long-term observation of deformations of the supporting frame of a high-rise building obtained using an automated monitoring system are presented. It is intended for engineering and technical workers of construction laboratories, designers, specialists engaged in the design and use of non-destructive testing of concrete, and will also be useful to students, undergraduates, graduate students and teachers of higher educational institutions dealing with quality control in construction.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1784
Author(s):  
Florian Staab ◽  
Mario Prescher ◽  
Frank Balle ◽  
Lutz Kirste

Ultrasonically welded hybrid aluminum/fiber-reinforced PEEK joints were analyzed non-destructively with an X-ray microscope. The potential and limitations of the technology as a non-destructive testing method were investigated. For a quantitative evaluation, joints with suitable and unsuitable parameters were compared. For a further comparison, geometric modifications of the joining partners were made, and the influence on the structure and process variation of the resulting hybrid joints was examined on a microscopic level. By using a tool for 3D segmentation of the composition of the joining zone, quantitative information on volume-specific proportions could be obtained and compared in relation to each other.


2015 ◽  
Vol 659 ◽  
pp. 628-632
Author(s):  
Pornsak Srisungsitthisunti ◽  
Siriporn Daopiset ◽  
Noparat Kanjanaprayut

Acoustic emission (AE) is a non-destructive technique which is well known for crack monitoring. Moreover, it has been widely used for corrosion and erosion damage on metallic structures. In this study, AE technique was applied for quick monitoring of corrosion resistance of lacquer coatings on tin free steel and laminated steel for food can-packaging. There were three types of coatings: (A) BPA-NI lacquer, (B) BPA-complied lacquer, and (C) PET lamination. These coatings were investigated in flat-sheet and in deformed sheet. Cathodic disbonding (CD) technique was carried out to cause separation between the coating and the metal substrate and initialize corrosion damage. AE signals was detected immediately with potential excitation, and showed good correlation with coating corrosion resistance during corrosion development. AE count signal matched with resulting current during CD, and proportional to corroded areas. In addition, coatings properties were measured before and after the CD process by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). A combination of AE and CD techniques offers an in-situ non-destructive corrosion monitoring of coating quality before and during delamination development, and useful for can-packaging testing.


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