Phased array ultrasonic inspection of rib-to-deck welded joints in orthotropic steel decks

Author(s):  
Tohru Makita
2021 ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
А.Е. Базулин ◽  
Е.Г. Базулин ◽  
А.Х. Вопилкин ◽  
Д.С. Тихонов

The article suggests an effective method of replacing zonal focusing with an antenna array, traditionally used for automated ultrasonic inspection of welded joints with a narrow cutting to detect defects at the fusion boundary. This method, based on the use of multi-circuit digital focusing antenna technology (DFA), allows you to obtain and analyze high-quality images of reflectors. The proposed method, in comparison with zonal focusing made using phased array technology, is less sensitive to the accuracy of positioning the antenna array relative to the seam axis and to changes in the thickness of the control object, allows you to estimate the height of defects not by the amplitude attribute, but by the size of the glare reflectors.


Author(s):  
Xiaoming Miao ◽  
Jianfeng Shi ◽  
Jinyang Zheng

With strong bearing capacity, good corrosion resistance, excellent wear resistance, light weight and easy transportation and installation, Plastic pipe reinforced by cross helically wound steel wires (PSP) is widely used in oil industry, coal chemical industry, slurry transportation engineering, and sea (river) bottom water projects. Due to the PSP at middle-high pressure, an effective and reliable method of connection between pipes is particularly important. Heat-fusion weld and electro-fusion weld are usually used in middle-high PSP connections, or adding steel plate reinforcement at present. The pipe welded-joint failure is the main failure mode at service stage, causing the damage of pipelines and fluid leakage. Ultrasonic phased array inspection, which is one of the non-destructive inspection methods, is mainly used in pipe welded-joints inspection. A higher attenuation coefficient of polyolefin materials and the interference of steel mesh skeleton among PSP can cause great impact to the ultrasonic inspection; It’s worse if a steel plate is added. In order to put forward a kind of method can better detect the connection joint, this paper examines a new method of ultrasonic phased array inspection in PSP welded-joints based on customized probe, focus law and scanning mode which overcomes the difficulties found in other usual non-destructive inspection measures.


2019 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjin Wang ◽  
Wim Nagy ◽  
Hans De Backer ◽  
Airong Chen

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 408-411
Author(s):  
E M Komov ◽  
M E Komov ◽  
V V Sokovnin

Author(s):  
Shaojun Wang ◽  
Xiaoying Tang ◽  
Houde Yu ◽  
Yaozhou Qian ◽  
Jun Cheng ◽  
...  

Responding to complexity and particularity welding on the geometry of TKY tubular node, this paper constructs mathematical model of tubular joint weld of arbitrary section by simplifying the geometry structure, and draws welded joints and ultrasonic sound beam lines based on the actual specifications in order to solve the problems of low efficiency, positioning difficulty, missing inspection and etc. The computeraided simulation technology can realize the visualization in the beam coverage model of welded joints, which can commendably guide the design of ultrasonic phased array inspection and overcome the blindness of the instrument detection parameters, thus improving the effectiveness and pertinence of the actual detection. Study shows that it is beneficial to enhance the effectiveness of the detection tubular joint weld by employment of Visual beam and ultrasonic phased array technology.


2020 ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
N.P. Aleshin ◽  
D.M. Kozlov ◽  
L.YU. Mogilner

The reliability of ultrasonic testing (UT) of the quality of welded joints of polyethylene pipelines, made end-to-end with a heated tool, is considered in comparison with mechanical tests and radiography. The greatest detection of solid defects is provided by ultrasonic inspection with the use of chord tipe probes (not less than 90 %). When detecting defects translucent for ultrasound (lack of penetration, lack of fusion, etc.), the reliability decreases to 70÷80 %. Keywords: welding, polyethylene pipeline, quality control, ultrasonic testing, chord tipe probe. [email protected]


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