• Title/Summary/Keyword: Ultrasonic Nonlinear Parameter

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Dependence of Ultrasonic Nonlinear Parameter B/A on Fat (지방질에 대한 초음파 비선형 파라메타 B/A의 의존성)

  • 김정구;배종림
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 2000
  • This study deals with the relationship between the magnitude of ultrasonic nonlinear parameter B/A, sound speed of amount of fat present in biological media for measuring B/A system using a wide band ultrasonic transducer. To represent this case, mixtures of egg white and egg yolk were studied. Even though the differences in density and sound speed of the two egg components were within 1% of each other, B/A were increases parabolically as a function of the fat density, which is not in agreement with the Yoshizumi et al's suggestion. In skim milk that does not contain fat, both the B/A and the sound speed increase with the solubility. It is proposed that protein could affect these values.

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The Evaluation of Partially Degraded Material Using Nonlinear Propagation Characteristics of Ultrasonic Wave (초음파 비선형 전파특성을 이용한 부분 열화 재료의 평가)

  • Kim, Kyung-Cho;Jhang, Kyung-Young;Hisashi, Yamawaki
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.214-219
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, the nonlinear behavior of ultrasonic wave in partially degraded material is considered. For this aim, FDM(finite difference method) model for the nonlinear wave equation was developed with the restriction to the 1-D longitudinal wave motion and how the partial degradation in material contributes to the detected nonlinear parameter was analyzed quantitatively. In order to verify the rightness of this simulation method, the relation between the detected nonlinear parameter and the continuous distribution of degradation obtained from simulation was compared with experiment results and the simulation and experiment results showed similar tendency. It can be known from simulation result that the degree of degradation, the range of degradation and the continuous distribution of degradation have strong correlation with the detected nonlinear parameter. As it was possible in these simulations that only special part is assumed as degraded one, the quantitative evaluation of partially degraded material may be obtained by using this method.

A Study on the Evaluation of Material Degradation of 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V Steel using Ultrasonic Techniques (초음파법을 이용한 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V강의 열화도 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jeong-Pyo;Seok, Chang-Sung
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.78-83
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    • 2001
  • It's required mechanical properties of in-service facilities to maintain safety operation in power plants as well as chemical plants. In this study the four classes of the thermally aged 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V specimens were prepared using an artificially accelerated aging method at $630^{\circ}C$. Ultrasonic tests, tensile tests, $K_{IC}$ tests and hardness tests were performed in order to evaluate the degree of degradation of the material. The mechanical properties were decreased as degraded, but the attenuation coefficient and the harmonic generation level of a ultrasonic signal were increased. Expecially the nonlinear parameter of the signal is sensitive and will be a good parameter to evaluate the material degradation.

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In-situ fatigue monitoring procedure using nonlinear ultrasonic surface waves considering the nonlinear effects in the measurement system

  • Dib, Gerges;Roy, Surajit;Ramuhalli, Pradeep;Chai, Jangbom
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.867-876
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    • 2019
  • Second harmonic generation using nonlinear ultrasonic waves have been shown to be an early indicator of possible fatigue damage in nuclear power plant components. This technique relies on measuring amplitudes, making it highly susceptible to variations in transducer coupling and instrumentation. This paper proposes an experimental procedure for in-situ surface wave nonlinear ultrasound measurements on specimen with permanently mounted transducers under high cycle fatigue loading without interrupting the experiment. It allows continuous monitoring and minimizes variation due to transducer coupling. Moreover, relations describing the effects of the measurement system nonlinearity including the effects of the material transfer function on the measured nonlinearity parameter are derived. An in-situ high cycle fatigue test was conducted using two 304 stainless steel specimens with two different excitation frequencies. A comprehensive analysis of the nonlinear sources, which result in variations in the measured nonlinearity parameters, was performed and the effects of the system nonlinearities are explained and identified. In both specimens, monotonic trend was observed in nonlinear parameter when the value of fundamental amplitude was not changing.

A Study on the Correlations Between Ultrasonic Parameters and Fracture Toughness (초음파 파라미터와 파괴인성치의 상관관계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Jeong-Pyo;Park Jae-Sil;Bae Bong-Kook;Seok Chang-Sung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.29 no.2 s.233
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    • pp.232-238
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    • 2005
  • In this study the four classes of the thermally aged 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V specimens were prepared using an artificially accelerated aging method. Ultrasonic tests were performed to get the correlation with fracture toughness. The modified theoretical Vary's equation, considering nonlinear response due to material degradation, was proposed for the correlations between ultrasonic parameters and fracture toughness. Experimental results indicate that ultrasonic attenuation coefficient, velocity and nonlinear parameters produce the correlations with fracture toughness and yield strength.

Non-destructive assessment of carbonation in concrete using the ultrasonic test: Influenced parameters

  • Javad Royaei;Fatemeh Nouban;Kabir Sadeghi
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.89 no.3
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    • pp.301-308
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    • 2024
  • Concrete carbonation is a continuous and slow process from the outside to the inside, in which its penetration slows down with the increased depth of carbonation. In this paper, the results of the evaluation of the measurement of concrete carbonation depth using a non-destructive ultrasonic testing method are presented. According to the results, the relative nonlinear parameter caused more sensitivity in carbonation changes compared to Rayleigh's fuzzy velocity. Thus, the acoustic nonlinear parameter is expected to be applied as a quantitative index to recognize carbonation effects. In this research, combo diagrams were developed based on the results of ultrasonic testing and the experiment to determine carbonation depth using a phenolphthalein solution, which could be considered as instructions in the projects involving non-destructive ultrasonic test methods. The minimum and maximum accuracy of this method were 89% and 97%, respectively, which is a reasonable range for operational projects. From the analysis performed, some useful expressions are found by applying the regression analysis for the nonlinearity index and the carbonation penetration depth values as a guideline.

Quantitative Evaluation Technique for Healing Fractured Bones Using Ultrasound (초음파를 이용한 골절치유과정의 정량적 평가기법)

  • 최흥호
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.359-366
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    • 1995
  • The parameter, B/A, quantifies nonlinearity of the pressure-density relationship of propagation medium. This study investigated quantitative evaluation technique for healing fractured bones using this ultrasonic nonlinear parameter, B/A, obtained by the second harmonic amplitude method. A series of fundamental experiments were performed on cylinder phantoms made of aluminium, which demonstrated potential capability of nonlinear parameter B/A in the diagnosis of healing fractured bones using ultrasound.

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Measurement of Nonlinear Elastic Constants and Material Characterization by Using Nonlinear Elasto-acoustics (비선형 탄성-음향 효과를 이용한 비선형 탄성 계수의 계측과 금속재료의 특성평가)

  • ;;Sato, Takuso
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.17 no.8
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    • pp.1971-1979
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    • 1993
  • In this paper, a new method to estimate stress status in metal nondestructively by using nonlinear dependency of sound speed on stress is proposed. For the purpose, equivalent nonlinear elastic constants up to fourth-order are introduced and a new characteristic parameter given as a function of these constants is presented. And a concrete system to measure the characteristic parameter is constructed by electromagnetic pumping wave and ultrasonic probing wave system. Some experimental results for Al alloy showed that the estimation of stress status in metal is possible by the proposed method.

Precise Estimation of Nonlinear Parameter in Pulse-Like Ultrasonic Signal (펄스형 초음파 신호에서 비선형 파라미터의 정밀 추정)

  • Ha, Job;Jhang, Kyung-Young;Sasaki, Kimio;Tanaka, Hiroaki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2006
  • Ultrasonic nonlinearity has been considered as a solution for the detection of microcracks or interfacial delamination in a layered structure. The distinguished phenomenon in nonlinear ultrasonics is the generation of higher-order harmonic waves during the propagation. Therefore, in order to quantify the nonlinearity, the conventional method measures a parameter defined as the amplitude ratio of a second-order harmonic component and a fundamental frequency component included in the propagated ultrasonic wave signal. However, its application In field inspection is not easy at the present stage because no standard methodology has yet been made to accurately estimate this parameter. Thus, the aim of this paper is to propose an advanced signal processing technique for the precise estimation of a nonlinear ultrasonic parameter, which is based on power spectral and bispectral analysis. The method of estimating power spectrum and bispectrum of the pulse-like ultrasonic wave signal used in the commercial SAM (scanning acoustic microscopy) equipment is especially considered in this study The usefulness of the proposed method Is confirmed by experiments for a Newton ring with a continuous air gap between two glasses and a real semiconductor sample with local delaminations. The results show that the nonlinear parameter obtained tv the proposed method had a good correlation with the delamination.

Evaluation of Ultrasonic Nonlinear Characteristics in Heat-Treated Aluminum Alloy (열처리된 알루미늄 합금의 초음파 비선형 특성 평가)

  • Kim, JongBeom;Cheon, Chung;Jhang, Kyung-Young;Kim, Chung-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.193-197
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    • 2013
  • In this study, ultrasonic nonlinear characteristics in the heat-treated aluminum alloy have been evaluated. The nonlinearity of ultrasonic wave has been measured as the acoustic nonlinear parameter ${\beta}$, depending upon the amplitude ratio of the second-order harmonic and the fundamental frequency component of ultrasonic wave propagating through the materials. The parameter ${\beta}$ measurement has been carried out with the reflected signals from the back-wall of specimens at the same plane using the contact-type transducers. The heat-treatment, aging, has been achieved at $300^{\circ}C$ for various durations in the range of 1 to 50 hours. The tensile strength and elongation are obtained by the tensile test and then compared with the parameter ${\beta}$. There is a peak of the acoustic nonlinear parameter ${\beta}$ on 5 hours aging and the ${\beta}$ decreases thereafter, exhibiting closed relations with tensile strength and elongation. Also, the heat-treatment time showing peak in the parameter ${\beta}$ was identical to that showing severe change in the ${\sigma}-{\varepsilon}$ curve. These results suggest that the acoustic nonlinear parameter ${\beta}$ can be used for monitoring the strength variations with aging of aluminum alloys.