A Nonlinear Ultrasound Method for Fatigue Evaluation of Marine Structures

Abstract:

Fatigue is a major cause of failure in marine structures resulting from random wave and wind loading. A nonlinear ultrasound method for fatigue evaluation which uses interaction of two non-collinear nonlinear ultrasonic waves with quadratic nonlinearity is investigated in this paper. A hyperbolic system of conservation laws is applied here and a semi-discrete central scheme is used to solve the numerical problem. The numerical results prove that a resonant wave can be generated by two primary waves with certain resonant conditions. Features of the resonant wave are analyzed both in the time and frequency domains, and several regularities are found on intensity distribution of the resonant wave in two-dimensional domain.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 813)
• Pages: 116-123
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.813.116
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Fu Cai Li, Zheng Hao Sun, Hong Guang Li, Li Min Zhou
• Keywords: Non-Collinear Mixing Waves, Nonlinear Ultrasound, Third-Order Elastic Constants

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