| Guided Wave Inspection in Complex Piping Geometries Contributor(s): Lee, Ping Hung (Author) |
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ISBN: 3659377503 ISBN-13: 9783659377501 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $63.51 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - General |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6" W x 9" (0.46 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The safety of pipelines distributed in the infrastructure of many industries has become very important since the industrial revolution. The guided ultrasonic wave technique can provide the possibility for rapid screening in long pipelines with corrosion. Especially the torsional mode T(0,1) of guided waves has been used in the cases of the pipe in the hidden region substantially. The ability of evaluating the inaccessible areas of the pipe makes the guided ultrasonic wave technique sit high on the roster of non-destructive testing tool for pipe inspection. However, the problem arises when attempting to detect the corrosions at the welded support bracket or under the bitumen coating on the pipe. The measured data of corrosion affected by the welded support or the coated bitumen layer was processed by continuous wavelet transform to form a time-frequency analysis. The understanding of the guided wave propagation on the pipe welded with support or pipe coated with bitumen is helpful to interpret the reflected signals. The use of continuous wavelet transform on signal processing techniques can improve the ability of defect detection on pipe with complex geometries. |