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Long Range Cylindrically Guided Ultrasonic Wave Technique for Inspection  

Balasubramaniam, Krishnan (Department of Mechanical Engineering MDS/MEMH)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing / v.23, no.4, 2003 , pp. 364-371 More about this Journal
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In this paper, a review of the current status, on the use of long range cylindrically guided wave modes, and their interaction with cracks and corrosion damage in pipe-like structures will be discussed. Applications of cylindrically guided ultrasonic wave modes have been developed for inspection of corrosion damage in pipelines at chemical plants, flow-accelerated corrosion damage (wall thinning) in feedwater piping, and circumferential stress corrosion cracks in PWR steam generator tubes. It has been demonstrated that this inspection technique can be employed on a variety of piping geometries (diameters from 1 in. to 3 ft, and wall thickness from 0.1 to 6 in.) and a propagation distance of 100 meters or more is sometimes feasible. This technique can also be used in the inspection of inaccessible or buried regions of pipes and tubes.
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