Analysis of an Inside Crack of Pressure Pipeline Using ESPI and Shearography

  • Kim, Kyung-Suk (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University) ;
  • Kang, Ki-Soo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
  • Published : 2002.12.30

Abstract

In this study, shearography and ESPI have been used for quantitative analysis of an inside crack of pipeline and both of them appeared suitable to qualitatively detect inside crack. However, shearography needs several effective factors including the amount of shearing, shearing direction and induced load for the quantitative evaluation of the inside crack. In this study, the factors were optimized for the quantitative analysis and the site of cracks has been determined. Although the effective factors in shearography has been optimized, it is difficult to determine the factors exactly because they are related to the details of tracks. On the other hand, ESPI is independent on the details of a crack and only the induced load plays an important role. The out-of-plane displacement was measured under the optimized load and the measured were numerically differentiated, which resulted in an equivalent to the shearogram. The size of cracks can be determined quantitatively without any detail of a crack.

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