Erosion/corrosion monitoring with dry-contact ultrasonic Lamb-wave transducers

Jun Pei; F. Levent Degertekin; B. V. Honein; Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub

doi:10.1117/12.259118

14 November 1996 Erosion/corrosion monitoring with dry-contact ultrasonic Lamb-wave transducers

Jun Pei, F. Levent Degertekin, B. V. Honein, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub

Proceedings Volume 2945, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259118
Event: Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques for Aging Infrastructure and Manufacturing, 1996, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Abstract

We propose a novel technique that utilizes point source excitation and detection of Lamb waves through dry, elastic contacts to monitor thickness changes of plate-like structures. A pair of pin transducers are used to excite and detect the A₀ mode Lamb wave in a test plate or a pipe wall and the wave velocity is obtained by time of flight measurement. Any change in plate thickness can be detected by the change in the Lamb wave velocity due to the dispersive nature of the A₀ mode. We demonstrate the power of this approach in ultrasonic pipe erosion/corrosion monitoring and its potential application in aircraft skin defect imaging. We present results of thickness measurements of a test plate with 1 percent accuracy, and erosion/corrosion monitoring in a section of pipe that was removed from service, as well as imaging of defects in an aluminum thin plate.

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Jun Pei, F. Levent Degertekin, B. V. Honein, and Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub "Erosion/corrosion monitoring with dry-contact ultrasonic Lamb-wave transducers", Proc. SPIE 2945, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware, (14 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259118

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