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Through-thickness characterization of solids by wideband air-coupled ultrasound

Ultrasonics, 1995
Abstract A non-contact inspection system employing wideband air-coupled ultrasound has been used for the characterization of thin solid material. Generation and detection of pulsed ultrasound were accomplished on opposite sides of the sample (in the through-thickness mode) using micromachined air-coupled capacitance transducers.
D W Schindel, D A Hutchins
exaly   +2 more sources

Sensitivity of Air-Coupled Ultrasound and Eddy Current Sensors to Bearing Fault Detection

Tribology Transactions, 2008
For decades, vibration and oil analysis have usually been used to detect early bearing faults and track their progression over time. Progress has been seen in condition monitoring through vibration analysis of rolling element bearings using improved sensors and advanced signal processing techniques. In this paper, the authors investigate the use of air-
Azzedine Dadouche, Fred Nitzsche
exaly   +5 more sources

Progress in air-coupled ultrasound

SPIE Proceedings, 2007
A variety of industrial and everyday non-destructive inspection applications exist where the target material/product is inaccessible or, contact with the material is prohibited. In such cases, air-coupled ultrasonic techniques play a major role but commonly significant transmission loss is known to occur.
Subash Jayaraman, Dominik Pellkofer, Ian Lucas, Michal Bezdek, Bernhard Tittmann   +4 more
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Gas jet as a waveguide for air-coupled ultrasound

Ultrasonics, 2002
The directional characteristics of an ultrasonic signal have been studied during propagation within an axial gas jet. The effects of nozzle shape, nozzle diameter, and variations in jet velocity, temperature and gas composition have been investigated. At high flow velocities of an air jet, divergence of the ultrasonic beam was observed.
D W, Choi, C, McIntyre, D A, Hutchins, D R, Billson   +3 more
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The use of air-coupled ultrasound to test paper

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2001
Capacitance transducers containing a thin polymer membrane have been used to transmit ultrasonic signals with frequencies in excess of 1 MHz through various paper products such as paper and cardboard. At normal incidence, a resonance was visible in thicker samples, the frequency of which could be correlated to parameters such as the thickness of the ...
C S, McIntyre, D A, Hutchins, D R, Billson, J, Stor-Pellinen   +3 more
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Air-coupled piezoelectric detection of laser-generated ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 1993
A pulsed laser has been used to generate ultrasonic transients in samples of metal and fiber-reinforced polymer composite material. These have been detected using an air-coupled piezoelectric transducer. It is demonstrated that such a transduction system can be used for longitudinal waves in bulk material, Rayleigh waves at solid surfaces and Lamb ...
Hutchins, D.A., Wright, WMD, Hayward, Gordon, Gachagan, Anthony   +3 more
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CMUTs for air coupled ultrasound with improved bandwidth

2011 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2011
We present the design, fabrication and characterization of a multi-purpose capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) for air coupled ultrasound (∼300−500 kHz), with a focus on improved bandwidth. The focus of this work is to investigate whether and how waferbonded CMUTs can be improved in terms of bandwidth for airborne ultrasound by ...
Mario Kupnik, null Min-Chieh Ho, Srikant Vaithilingam, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub   +3 more
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Air-Coupled Ultrasound: A New Paradigm in NDE

Volume 13: Processing and Engineering Applications of Novel Materials, 2007
In any ultrasonic investigation, the contact between the transducer and the object has always been a source of problem. With the introduction of the air-coupled ultrasonic probes the couplant is totally eliminated. The limitation of these probes is that they are of very low frequency and as a result they bring their set of restrictions. We present here
Vinay Dayal, David K. Hsu, Adam H. Kite
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Focusing of ferroelectret air-coupled ultrasound transducers

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2016
Air-coupled ultrasound has been applied increasingly as a non-destructive testing method for lightweight construction in recent years. It is particularly appropriate for composite materials being used in automotive and aviation industry. Air-coupled ultrasound transducers mostly consist of piezoelectric materials and matching layers.
Mate Gaal, Jürgen Bartusch, Elmar Dohse, Florian Schadow, Enrico Köppe   +4 more
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Air-coupled generation and detection of ultrasound in concrete

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2014
It is well known that liquid coupling agents used to couple an ultrasonic transducer to a solid specimen cause a number of problems including inconsistency in results and slowness of the inspection. Especially when the specimen surface is rough such as those in-field concrete structures, the long surface preparation time that it takes to polish every ...
Fabian Schempp, Jin-Yeon Kim, Laurence J. Jacobs   +2 more
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