• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.761-776
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• 2018

Guided wave testing is a reliable and safe method for pipeline inspection. In general, guided wave testing employs a circumferential array of piezoelectric transducers to clamp on the pipe circumference. The sensitivity of the operation depends on many factors, including transducer distribution across the circumferential array. This paper presents the sensitivity analysis of transducer array for the circumferential characteristics of guided waves in a pipe using finite element modelling and experimental studies. Various cases are investigated for the outputs of guided waves in the numerical simulations, including the number of transducers per array, transducer excitation variability and variations in transducer spacing. The effect of the dimensions of simulated notches in the pipe is also investigated for different arrangements of the transducer array. The results from the finite element numerical simulations are then compared with the related experimental results. Results show that the numerical outputs agree well with the experimental data, and the guided wave mode T(0,1) presents high sensitivity to the notch size in the circumferential direction, but low sensitivity to the notch size in the axial direction.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.605-615
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• 2012

In this paper, guided circumferential wave propagating in an orthotropic viscoelastic cylindrical curved plate subjected to traction-free conditions is investigated in the frame of the Kelvin-Voight viscoelastic theory. The obtained three wave equations are decoupled into two groups, Lamb-like wave and SH wave. They are separately solved by the Legendre polynomial series approach. The availability of the method is confirmed through the comparison with the published data of the SH wave for a viscoelastic flat plate. The dispersion curves and attenuation curves for the carbon fiber and prepreg cylindrical plates are illustrated and the viscous effect on dispersion curves is shown. The influences of the ratio of radius to thickness are analyzed.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2014

It has been previously reported that in principle sludge and blockages can be detected and even characterized by using guided ultrasonic torsional waves, based on an idealized model in which the sludge layer was simplified in terms of geometry and material properties. The work revealed that the presence of a layer inside a pipe scatters the guided wave propagating in the pipe and both the reflection and transmission of the guided wave can be used to effectively detect and characterize the layer. This paper proceeds the work by taking into account more realistic sludge characteristics, including irregular circumferential profiles of the sludge layer and imperfect bonding state between the sludge and the pipe. The influence of these issues is investigated to identify the critical factors that influence the detection and characterization capability of the two measurements.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.442-449
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• 2009

스테인레스 스틸 배관의 결함에 대한 MsS의 비틀림모드 신호와 BEM 모델링의 SH모드 신호의 특성을 살펴보았다. 비틀림모드 신호와 SH모드신호의 비교를 위해 스테인레스 스틸 배관의 결함은 깊이와 폭을 달리하면서 원주방향으로 360도 가공하였다. MsS의 비틀림모드 신호분석 결과 원주방향 결함을 모두 탐지하였으며 깊이 변화에 따라 신호 진폭의 변화가 확인되었다. 하지만 원주방향 결함의 폭 변화는 일정한 경향이 나타나지 않았다. BEM 모델링의 SH 모드 신호 분석 결과 깊이 변화의 경우 비틀림모드 신호와 유사한 결과가 나타났지만, 폭 변화는 신호 진폭의 변화가 일어났다. 본 연구를 통하여 배관의 원주방향 결함에 대한 비틀림모드와 SH모드의 비교 분석을 통하여 신호 특성을 확인하였고 배관의 축대칭 결함에 대해 SH모드 모델링으로도 신호 예측이 가능함을 알 수 있었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2004

배관의 축방향 균열 검사를 위하여 원주 방향으로 진행하는 유도초음파 모드를 적용하였다. 배관의 곡률을 변수로 원주 유도초음파의 분산선도를 계산하였으며 이를 배관 검사에 적용하기 위하여 중수로 피더관의 곡관부 축방향 균열을 탐지에 적용하였다. 상대적으로 낮은 주파수에서는 Lamb 파 특성을 따르나 주파수가 증가함에 따라 평판의 경우, 즉 곡률이 무한대인 경우 첫 번째 $A_0$ 모드와 두 번째 $S_0$ 모드가 합쳐져서 Rayleigh 모드 형태로 변화한다. 한편 곡률을 가진 배관의 경우는 주파수가 증가하더라도 첫 번째 모드와 두 번째 모드가 합쳐지지 않았다. 이러한 해석을 기초로 하여 배관의 일종인 중수로 피더관 곡관부 축방향 결함을 탐지하기 위하여 사각 탐촉자를 사용하여 Rocking 원주 유도초음파 기법을 적용하였다. 원주 방향으로 유도파를 진행시키면서 인공 결함으로부터의 수집된 신호를 분석하여 진동 모드를 확인하였으며 두께 대비 10% 깊이의 notch도 검출할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2003년도 추계학술발표대회 요약집
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• pp.210-210
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• 2003

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.364-371
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• 2003

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.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2008

A method to test thin-walled tubes by guided ultrasonic wave is reported. The principle is that applicate two types of axially symmetric ultrasonic tube modes and "longitudinal" modes with particle displacement, which is coupled in axial and radial directions for transverse failures and torsional modes, oscillating in the circumferential direction only, for longitudinal failures. Both types of modes propagate along the tube in the axial direction. Therefore, a pulse-echo technique is possible. The pulses are excited and received at one end of the tube without contact electro-dynamic transducers. As soon as the tubes is put into a transducer coil at one end, the test of the whole tube can be accomplished in a few milliseconds. It is not necessary to rotate and transport the tubes during the test.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2012

This study proposes an optics-based active sensing system for continuous monitoring of underground pipelines in nuclear power plants (NPPs). The proposed system generates and measures guided waves using a single laser source and optical cables. First, a tunable laser is used as a common power source for guided wave generation and sensing. This source laser beam is transmitted through an optical fiber, and the fiber is split into two. One of them is used to actuate macro fiber composite (MFC) transducers for guided wave generation, and the other optical fiber is used with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors to measure guided wave responses. The MFC transducers placed along a circumferential direction of a pipe at one end generate longitudinal and flexural modes, and the corresponding responses are measured using FBG sensors instrumented in the same configuration at the other end. The generated guided waves interact with a defect, and this interaction causes changes in response signals. Then, a damage-sensitive feature is extracted from the response signals using the axi-symmetry nature of the measured pitch-catch signals. The feasibility of the proposed system has been examined through a laboratory experiment.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.108-113
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• 2005

One of the recent safety issues in the pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) is the cracking of the feeder pipe. Because of the limited accessibility to the cracked region and a high dose of radiation exposure, it is difficult to inspect all the pipes with the conventional ultrasonic method. In order to solve this problem, a long-range guided wave technique has been developed. A computer program to calculate the dispersion curves in the pipe was developed and the dispersion curves for the feeder pipes in PHWR plants were determined. Several longitudinal and/or flexural modes were selected from the review of the dispersion curves and an actual experiment has been carried out with the specific alignment of the piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers. They were confirmed as L(0,1)) and/or flexural modes(F(m,2)) by the short time Fourier transformation(STFT) and were sensitive to the circumferential cracks, but not to the axial cracks in the pipe. An electromagnetic acoustic transducers(EMAT) was designed and fabricated for the generation and reception of the torsional guided wave. The axial cracks were detected by a torsional mode(T(0,1)) generated by the EMAT.