Study on Inside and Outside Circumferential Defects of Pipes and Ultrasonic Guided Wave

Abstract:

The difference between inside circumferential defects and outside circumferential defects was proved using the theory of reflection waves, the course of propagation and reflection from inside circumferential defects and outside circumferential defects in steel pipes was simulated with L(0,2) mode by the numerical simulation program ANSYS, and the curves of the reflection waves were obtained. The investigation indicated that the relationship between reflection coefficient of each kind of circumferential defects and the circumference of the defects was linear; in additional, it was found that the reflection coefficient of outside circumferential defects was a little higher than the reflection coefficient of inside circumferential defects; the difference between inside and outside circumferential defect became more obvious as the thickness of the defect increases. So the results provide a basis for detecting and distinguishing circumferential defects of pipes.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 460)
• Pages: 411-414
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.460.411
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Yin Fang Jiang, Zhen Ning Guo, Yong Qi Yan, Qin Huang
• Keywords: Circumferential Defects, Pipe, Reflection Coefficient, Ultrasonic Guided Waves

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