• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2016

The use of nonlinear ultrasonics wave has been accepted as a promising tool for monitoring material states related to microstructural changes, as it has improved sensitivity compared to conventional non-destructive testing approaches. In this paper, third harmonic generation of shear horizontal guided waves propagating in an isotropic plate is investigated using the perturbation method and modal analysis approach. An experimental procedure is proposed to detect the third harmonics of shear horizontal guided waves by electromagnetic transducers. The strongly nonlinear response of shear horizontal guided waves is measured. The accumulative growth of relative acoustic nonlinear response with an increase of propagation distance is detected in this investigation. The experimental results agree with the theoretical prediction, and thus providing another indication of the feasibility of using higher harmonic generation of electromagnetic shear horizontal guided waves for material characterization.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.890-898
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• 2018

Nondestructive inspection (NDI) is an integral part of structural integrity analyses of dry storage casks that house spent nuclear fuel. One significant concern for the structural integrity is stress corrosion cracking in the heat-affected zone of welds in the stainless steel canister that confines the spent fuel. In situ NDI methodology for detection of stress corrosion cracking is investigated, where the inspection uses a delivery robot because of the presence of the harsh environment and geometric constrains inside the cask protecting the canister. Shear horizontal (SH) guided waves that are sensitive to cracks oriented either perpendicular or parallel to the wave vector are used to locate welds and to detect cracks. SH waves are excited and received by electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) using noncontact ultrasonic transduction and pulse-echo mode. A laboratory-scale canister mock-up is fabricated and inspected using the proposed methodology to evaluate the ability of EMATs to excite and receive SH waves and to locate welds. The EMAT's capability to detect notches from various distances is evaluated on a plate containing 25%-through-thickness surface-breaking notches. Based on the results of the distances at which notch reflections are detectable, NDI coverage for spent nuclear fuel storage canisters is determined.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.807-808
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• 2008

This is concerned with the radiation pattern of elastic waves in a plate generated by an orientation-adjustable patch-type magnetostrictive transducer. In general, not only the Lamb waves but also shear horizontal (SH) waves are produced by the deformation of the circular magnetostrictive patch bonded to a plate. Among the two types of waves, this paper investigates the radiation patterns of SH waves. A number of experimental results are presented. They are also accurately predicted by a theory developed by the present authors. Experimental findings were explained by a theoretical analysis.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2011

전자기 초음파 탐촉자(electromagnetic acoustic transducer; EMAT)는 접촉 매질 없이 초음파의 송 수신이 가능하며 자석과 코일의 형상과 배열을 조절하여 SH파나 Lamb파 같은 유도 초음파 모드를 용이하게 발생시킬 수 있다. 또한 이러한 유도 초음파는 박판에서 판 두께 전체를 장거리로 전파하며 두께에 따른 분산특성이 있이 배관 등의 구조물을 탐상하는데 효과적인 비파괴검사 기법으로 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 수평횡파(shear horizontal wave; SH)의 전파 거동을 해석하고 EMAT을 이용하여 SH파를 발생하여 스틸 박판의 두께 감육을 평가하였다. 그 결과 SH파의 분산특성은 두께 감육량의 증가에 따라 군속도가 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이러한 군속도 변화를 통해 두께 감육량을 정량적으로 평가하는 것이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1511-1519
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• 2012

배관설비는 용접이음으로 많은 부분이 구성되어 있으며, 이러한 배관 용접부의 건전성 평가를 위한 초음파 검사 시스템의 자동화 요구가 증대하고 있다. 전자기초음파탐촉자(Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer; EMAT)는 비접촉 방식으로 초음파를 송 수신할 수 있고 다양한 초음파 모드의 발생이 가능하여 초음파 자동화 시스템 구축에 매우 유용하다. 본 연구에서는 수평횡파(Shear Horizontal wave; SH-wave) EMAT를 적용하여 배관의 용접부에 존재하는 결함의 검출을 수행하였다. 이때 수평횡파의 특정 모드($SH_0$)의 신호해석을 위해 웨이브렛 변환(Wavelet Transform)을 이용한 신호의 시간-주파수 분석을 수행 하였다. 웨이브렛 변환으로 해석된 SH0 모드 주파수의 반사 신호강도가 결함의 길이와 선형적 관계를 나타내어 효과적으로 용접부 결함 검출이 가능하였다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2014

This paper describes a tomographic imaging technique for evaluating the thickness reduction of a plate-like structure using a noncontact sensor network based on an electromagnetic acoustic transducer that generates shear horizontal plate waves. Because this technique is based on the effect of mode cutoff and time of flight of guided waves caused by a change in thickness, the tomographic image provides information on the presence of defects in the structure. To verify the performance of the method, artificial defects with various thickness reduction ratios were machined in an aluminum plate, and the tomographic imaging results are reported. The results show that the generated tomographic image displays the thickness reductions and can identify their locations. Therefore, the proposed technique has good potential as a tool for health monitoring of the integrity of plate-like structures.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2010

In this paper, a non-contact method of evaluating the thickness reduction in an aluminum sheet caused by corrosion and friction using SH-EMAT (shear horizontal, electromagnetic acoustic transducer) is described. Since this method is based on the measurement of the time-of-flight and amplitude change of guided waves caused from the thickness reduction, it provides information on the thinning defects. Information was obtained on the changes of the various wave features, such as their time-of-flight and amplitude, and their correlations with the thickness reduction were investigated. The interesting features in the dispersive behavior of selected guided modes were used for the detection of thinning defects. The measurements of these features using SH waves were performed on aluminum specimens with regions thinned by 7.2% to 29.5% of the total thickness. It is shown that the time-of-flight measurement provides an estimation of the thickness reduction and length of the thinning defects.