scholarly journals Defects Detection and Localization in Underwater Plates Using Laser Laterally Generated Pure Non-Dispersive S0 Mode

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingnan Xie ◽  
Chenyin Ni ◽  
Zhonghua Shen
Keyword(s):  
Defect Detection ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Mode Conversion ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Laser Source ◽  
Dispersion Characteristics ◽  
High Attenuation ◽  
Corrosion Defects ◽  
Detection And Localization ◽  
Lateral Excitation

When working in humid environments, corrosion defects are easily produced in metallic plates. For defect detection in underwater plates, symmetric modes of Lamb waves are widely used because of their characteristics including long propagating distance and high sensitivity to defects. In this study, we extend our previous work by applying the laser laterally generated S0 mode to detection and localization of defects represented by artificial notches in an aluminum plate immersed in water. Pure non-dispersive S0 mode is generated in an underwater plate by lateral laser source irradiation and its fd (frequency·thickness) range is selected by theoretical calculation. Using this lateral excitation, the S0 mode is enhanced; meanwhile, the A0 mode is effectively suppressed. The mode-converted A0 mode from the incident S0 mode is used to detect and localize the defect. The results reveal a significantly improved capability to detect defects in an underwater plate using the laser laterally generated S0 mode, while that using A0 is limited due to its high attenuation. Furthermore, owing to the long propagating distance and the non-dispersion characteristics of the S0 generated by the lateral laser source, multiple defects can also be detected and localized according to the mode conversion at the defects.

Reference-free damage detection by means of wavelet transform and empirical mode decomposition applied to Lamb waves

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdollah Bagheri ◽  
Kaiyuan Li ◽  
Piervincenzo Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Ultrasonic Waves ◽  
Ultrasonic Signals ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
Guided Ultrasonic Waves ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Detection And Localization

Guided ultrasonic waves are increasingly used in all those structural health monitoring applications that benefit from built-in transduction, moderately large inspection ranges, and high sensitivity to small flaws. This article describes a monitoring system based on the generation and detection of the guided ultrasonic waves from an array of sparse transducers. In a round-robin manner, ultrasonic waves are generated and measured from all possible different pairs of excitation and sensing transducers. The ultrasonic signals are then processed using continuous wavelet transform and empirical mode decomposition to extract few damage-sensitive features that enable the detection and localization of damage. With respect to most of the existing guided ultrasonic wave–based methods, the proposed approach does not require to record data from a pristine structure (baseline data), and damage is inferred by examining the selected features obtained from all the possible combinations of actuator–sensor pairs of the array. In this study, the method is validated using commercial finite element software to model the presence of 10 ultrasonic transducers bonded onto an aluminum plate. The results are promising and ongoing studies are focusing on the experimental validation and the application to other waveguides.

Warped-wigner-hough transformation of lamb waves for automatic defect detection

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Perelli ◽  
Luca De Marchi ◽  
Emanuele Baravelli ◽  
Alessandro Marzani ◽  
Nicolo Speciale
Keyword(s):  
Defect Detection ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Hough Transformation

High Sensitivity Heterodyne Electro-Optic Sampling with 1.5-µm Laser Source

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideaki Kitahara ◽  
Hiroyuki Kato ◽  
Masaki Shiihara ◽  
Akihiro Esaki ◽  
Kohji Yamamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Laser Source ◽  
Electro Optic

scholarly journals Mid-infrared photoacoustic gas monitoring driven by a gas-filled hollow-core fiber laser

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yazhou Wang ◽  
Yuyang Feng ◽  
Abubakar I. Adamu ◽  
Manoj K. Dasa ◽  
J. E. Antonio-Lopez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Laser Source ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Raman Fiber Laser ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Core Fiber ◽  
Detection Technologies

AbstractDevelopment of novel mid-infrared (MIR) lasers could ultimately boost emerging detection technologies towards innovative spectroscopic and imaging solutions. Photoacoustic (PA) modality has been heralded for years as one of the most powerful detection tools enabling high signal-to-noise ratio analysis. Here, we demonstrate a novel, compact and sensitive MIR-PA system for carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring at its strongest absorption band by combining a gas-filled fiber laser and PA technology. Specifically, the PA signals were excited by a custom-made hydrogen (H2) based MIR Raman fiber laser source with a pulse energy of ⁓ 18 μJ, quantum efficiency of ⁓ 80% and peak power of ⁓ 3.9 kW. A CO2 detection limit of 605 ppbv was attained from the Allan deviation. This work constitutes an alternative method for advanced high-sensitivity gas detection.

A baseline-free approach of locating defect based on mode conversion and the reciprocity principle of Lamb waves

Ultrasonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 106063
Author(s):  
Hongbo Jia ◽  
Hongwei Liu ◽  
Zhichun Zhang ◽  
Fuhong Dai ◽  
Yanju Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Mode Conversion ◽  
Reciprocity Principle

scholarly journals The Rapid Detection Technology of Lamb Wave for Microcracks in Thin-Walled Tubes

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 3576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang ◽  
Wang ◽  
Yang
Keyword(s):  
Lamb Wave ◽  
Rapid Detection ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Lamb Waves ◽  
Thin Plates ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Amplitude Curve ◽  
Dispersion Characteristics ◽  
Detection Technology ◽  
Thin Walled

Thin-walled tubes are a kind of pressure vessel formed by a stamping and drawing process, which must withstand a great deal of sudden pressure during use. When microcrack defects of a certain depth are present on its inner and outer surfaces, severe safety accidents may occur, such as cracking and crushing. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out nondestructive testing of thin-walled tubes in the production process to eliminate the potential safety hazards. To realize the rapid detection of microcracks in thin-walled tubes, this study could be summarized as follows: (i) Because the diameters of the thin-walled tubes were much larger than their thicknesses, Lamb wave characteristics of plates with equal thicknesses were used to approximate the dispersion characteristics of thin-walled tubes. (ii) To study the dispersion characteristics of Lamb waves in thin plates, the detection method of the mode was determined using the particle displacement–amplitude curve. (iii) Using a multi-channel parallel detection method, rapid detection equipment for Lamb wave microcracks in thin-walled tubes was developed. (iv) The filtering peak values for defect signal detection with different depths showed that the defect detection peak values could reflect the defect depth information. (v) According to the minimum defect standard of a 0.045-mm depth, 100,000 thin-walled tubes were tested. The results showed that the missed detection rate was 0%, the reject rate was 0.3%, and the detection speed was 5.8 s/piece, which fully meets the actual detection requirements of production lines. Therefore, this study not only solved the practical issues for the rapid detection of microcracks in thin-walled tubes but also provided a reference for the application of ultrasonic technology for the detection of other components.

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