Recent advances on pipe inspection using guided waves generated by electromagnetic acoustic transducers

Milos Vasiljevic, Tribikram Kundu, Wolfgang Grill, Evgeny Twerdowski

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4 Scopus citations

Abstract

For several years guided waves have been used for pipe wall defect detection. Guided waves have become popular for monitoring large structures because of the capability of these waves to propagate long distances along pipes, plates, interfaces and structural boundaries before loosing their strengths. The current technological challenges are to detect small defects in the pipe wall and estimate their dimensions using appropriate guided wave modes and to generate those modes relatively easily for field applications. Electro-Magnetic Acoustic Transducers (EMAT) can generate guided waves in pipes in the field environment. This paper shows how small defects in the pipe wall can be detected and their dimensions can be estimated by appropriate signal processing technique applied to the signals generated and received by the EMAT.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2008
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2008 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Mar 10 2008Mar 13 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6935
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherHealth Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period3/10/083/13/08

Keywords

  • Defect detection
  • EMAT
  • Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer
  • Guided wave
  • Pipe inspection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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