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Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C
In this study, the feasibility of using a one dimensional 16-element flexible ultrasonic transducer (FUT) array for nondestructive testing at 150 °C is demonstrated. The FUT arrays were made by a sol-gel sprayed piezoelectric film technology; a PZT composite film was sprayed on a titanium foil of 75...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23322101 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s130100975 |
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author | Shih, Jeanne-Louise Wu, Kuo-Ting Jen, Cheng-Kuei Chiu, Chun-Hsiung Tzeng, Jing-Chi Liaw, Jiunn-Woei |
author_facet | Shih, Jeanne-Louise Wu, Kuo-Ting Jen, Cheng-Kuei Chiu, Chun-Hsiung Tzeng, Jing-Chi Liaw, Jiunn-Woei |
author_sort | Shih, Jeanne-Louise |
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description | In this study, the feasibility of using a one dimensional 16-element flexible ultrasonic transducer (FUT) array for nondestructive testing at 150 °C is demonstrated. The FUT arrays were made by a sol-gel sprayed piezoelectric film technology; a PZT composite film was sprayed on a titanium foil of 75 μm thickness. Since the FUT array is flexible, it was attached to a steel pipe with an outer diameter of 89 mm and a wall thickness of 6.5 mm at 150 °C. Using the ultrasonic pulse-echo mode, pipe thickness measurements could be performed. Moreover, using the ultrasonic pulse-echo and pitch-catch modes of each element of FUT array, the defect detection was performed on an Al alloy block of 30 mm thickness with a side-drilled hole (SDH) of ϕ3 mm at 150 °C. In addition, a post-processing algorithm based on the total focusing method was used to process the full matrix of these A-scan signals of each single transmitter and multi-receivers, and then the phase-array image was obtained to indicate this defect- SDH. Both results show the capability of FUT array being operated at 150 °C for the corrosion and defect detections. |
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spelling | pubmed-35747162013-02-25 Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C Shih, Jeanne-Louise Wu, Kuo-Ting Jen, Cheng-Kuei Chiu, Chun-Hsiung Tzeng, Jing-Chi Liaw, Jiunn-Woei Sensors (Basel) Article In this study, the feasibility of using a one dimensional 16-element flexible ultrasonic transducer (FUT) array for nondestructive testing at 150 °C is demonstrated. The FUT arrays were made by a sol-gel sprayed piezoelectric film technology; a PZT composite film was sprayed on a titanium foil of 75 μm thickness. Since the FUT array is flexible, it was attached to a steel pipe with an outer diameter of 89 mm and a wall thickness of 6.5 mm at 150 °C. Using the ultrasonic pulse-echo mode, pipe thickness measurements could be performed. Moreover, using the ultrasonic pulse-echo and pitch-catch modes of each element of FUT array, the defect detection was performed on an Al alloy block of 30 mm thickness with a side-drilled hole (SDH) of ϕ3 mm at 150 °C. In addition, a post-processing algorithm based on the total focusing method was used to process the full matrix of these A-scan signals of each single transmitter and multi-receivers, and then the phase-array image was obtained to indicate this defect- SDH. Both results show the capability of FUT array being operated at 150 °C for the corrosion and defect detections. MDPI 2013-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3574716/ /pubmed/23322101 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s130100975 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Shih, Jeanne-Louise Wu, Kuo-Ting Jen, Cheng-Kuei Chiu, Chun-Hsiung Tzeng, Jing-Chi Liaw, Jiunn-Woei Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C |
title | Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C |
title_full | Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C |
title_fullStr | Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C |
title_full_unstemmed | Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C |
title_short | Applications of Flexible Ultrasonic Transducer Array for Defect Detection at 150 °C |
title_sort | applications of flexible ultrasonic transducer array for defect detection at 150 °c |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23322101 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s130100975 |
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