Study on Defect Monitoring of Buried Pipelines Based on Piezoelectric Ceramic Transducer
In order to monitor the defects in buried pipelines accurately,the piezoelectric ceramic transducer was applied to excite longitudinal mode ultrasonic guided waves in buried pipelines.In this paper,the propagation of ultrasonic guided waves in buried ...
Xu Yang, Luo Mingzhang, Du Guofeng
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Automatic Guided Waves Data Transmission System Using an Oil Industry Multiwire Cable
Alternative wireless data communication systems are a necessity in industries that operate in harsh environments such as the oil and gas industry. Ultrasonic guided wave propagation through solid metallic structures, such as metal barriers, rods, and ...
Gianpiero Trane +2 more
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Numerical modeling and measurement by pulsed television holography of ultrasonic displacement maps in plates with through-thickness defects [PDF]
We present a novel numerical modeling of ultrasonic Lamb and Rayleigh wave propagation and scattering by through-thickness defects like holes and slots in homogeneous plates, and its experimental verification in both near and far field by a self ...
Amlani, Faisal +6 more
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Defects Inspection in Wires by Nonlinear Ultrasonic-Guided Wave Generated by Electromagnetic Sensors
Steel wires are widely used as raw materials for spring valves in engines. Considering the quality and safety issues of their structure, there is a demand to develop nondestructive inspection approaches to detect initial damages in steel.
Junpil Park +3 more
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A match coefficient approach for damage imaging in structural components by ultrasonic synthetic aperture focus [PDF]
Ultrasonic Synthetic Aperture Focus (SAF) techniques are commonly used to image structural defects. In this paper, a variation of SAF based on ideas borrowed from Matched Field Processing (MFP) is evaluated to reduce artifacts and sidelobes of the ...
Lanza di Scalea, F. +4 more
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Pinhole corrosion is difficult to discover through conventional ultrasonic guided waves inspection, particularly for micro-sized pinholes less than 1 mm in diameter.
Jinjie Zhou +5 more
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Ultrasonic metal sheet thickness measurement without prior wave speed calibration [PDF]
Conventional ultrasonic mensuration of sample thickness from one side only requires the bulk wave reverberation time and a calibration speed. This speed changes with temperature, stress, and microstructure, limiting thickness measurement accuracy ...
Dixon, S. +4 more
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Flow estimation in a steel pipe using guided waves [PDF]
In this investigation, a flow rate estimation guided wave based scheme in pipes is proposed. The effect of the fluid over the propagation of longitudinal waves has been experimentally studied by using several laminar flows of water transported by a ...
Mujica Delgado, Luis Eduardo +4 more
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Rail Diagnostics Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves: An Overview
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 ...
Davide Bombarda +2 more
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High-Frequency Guided Ultrasonic Waves to Monitor Corrosion Thickness Loss [PDF]
Corrosion due to adverse environmental conditions can occur for a range of industrial structures, e.g., ships and offshore oil platforms. Pitting corrosion and generalized corrosion can lead to the reduction of the strength and thus degradation of the ...
Bernhard, F, Fromme, P, Masserey, B
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