Time Reversal Technique for Ultrasonic Guided Wave Inspection

Abstract:

For the long range inspection of structures in nuclear power plant using array transducers, it is necessary to focus waves on defects under interrogation. To take care of such a need, in this study we adopt a time reversal technique that is claimed to be very robust to focus ultrasonic waves on defects. Specifically, we calculate the appropriate time delay using the time reversal technique and re-generate ultrasonic guided waves that are focusing to an interrogated defect with the calculated time delay. In this paper, we describe the principle of the time reversal technique briefly and present the performance enhancement obtained by the time reversal techniques.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 321-323)
• Pages: 776-779
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.321-323.776
• Online since: October 2006
• Authors: Hak Joon Kim, Sung Jin Song, Jung Ho Seo, Jae Hee Kim, Heung Seop Eom
• Keywords: Array Transducer, Time Reversal Technique, Ultrasonic Guided Wave

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