The excitation of Lamb waves in pipes using dry-coupled piezoelectric transducers

The development of a dry-coupled piezoelectric transducer system for the detection of corrosion in chemical plant pipework using cylindrical Lamb waves is described. It is shown that the axisymmetricL(0,2) mode at a frequency of about 70 kHz is an attractive mode to use for longdistance propagation. The results show that a ring of piezoelectric length-expander elements can be used to excite theL(0,2) mode and to suppress all the nonaxisymmetric modes. Tests have been carried out both with the piezoelectric elements bonded to the pipe and fabricated into a simple transducer which was clamped against the pipe. The performance of the dry-coupled system was very similar to that of the bonded elements. In pulse echo tests, the noise floor obtained with the dry-coupled system was less than 1% of the amplitude of the propagatingL(0,2) mode. The drycoupled transducers provide a simple, light, readily detachable system for the long-range inspection of pipework.     

时间反转的固体火箭发动机干耦合超声检测

为解决超声检测过程中不能在固体火箭发动机壳体粘接结构表面涂抹耦合剂的问题,首先构建了一套干耦合超声检测系统,设计了具有特殊结构形式压电振子和传声杆的干耦合探头.然后提出基于时间反转的干耦合超声成像方法,分析干耦合超声时间反转聚焦原理,通过对损伤散射信号的提取、时间反转及二次加载,建立聚焦时刻的瞬态波动图,最后通过对结构微元信号幅值求和乘积两种方式对缺陷进行成像.试验结果表明,该方法能够检测出粘接结构中的脱粘缺陷,基本确定缺陷的形状及位置.