Abstract
Guided waves (GWs) testing allows a long-range screening in pipes of different types and represents an effective and powerful nondestructing technique for defect detections using a limited number of points of measures. After the characterization through a general theoretical analysis, the focus is set to a real steam discharge pipe with a high mechanical complexity used for many years in a research plant now decommissioned. The experimental method applied here is the pitch–catch configuration of two magnetostrictive sensors. This paper aims to establish a strong theoretical background to pave the way for a robust experimental investigation. Preliminary experimental results are consistent with the theoretical analysis.
Issue Section:
Radiation Science
References
1.
Kwun
,
H.
, and
Kim
,
S. Y.
, 2008
, “
Magnetostrictive Sensor Long-Range Guided-Wave Technology for Long-Term Monitoring of Piping and Vessels
,” ASME
Paper No. PVP2007-26770.10.1115/PVP2007-267702.
Cawley
,
P.
,
Cegla
,
F.
, and
Galvagni
,
A.
, 2012
, “
Guided Waves for NDT and Permanently-Installed Monitoring
,” Insight: Non-Destructive Test. Condition Monit.
,
54
(11
), pp. 594
–601
.10.1784/insi.2012.54.11.5943.
Stepinski
,
T.
, 2011
, “
Structural Health Monitoring of Piping in Nuclear Power Plants—A Review of Efficiency of Existing Methods
,” Report No. 2011:17
.4.
Pei
,
K. C.
,
Shyu
,
H. F.
,
Lee
,
P. H.
, and
Toung
,
J. C.
, 2015
, “
Development and Application of Guided Wave Technology for Buried Piping Inspection in Nuclear Power Plant
,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2015
), Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 21–24, pp. 1
–4
.10.1109/ULTSYM.2015.00805.
Kwun
,
H.
, and
Mader
,
E.
, 2009
, “
Guided Wave Inspection of Nuclear Fuel Rods
,” Seventh International Conference on NDE in Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear and Pressurized Components
, Yokohama, Japan, May 12–15.https://www.ndt.net/article/jrc-nde2009/papers/75.pdf6.
Charchuk
,
R.
,
Werstiuk
,
C.
,
Evans
,
M. J.
, and
Sjerve
,
E.
, 2012
, “
High Temperature Guided Wave Pipe Inspection
,” Fourth International CANDU in-Service Inspection Workshop and NDT in Canada
, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 18–21, pp. 1
–7
.https://www.ndt.net/article/ndt-canada2012/content/papers/50_Sjerve.pdf7.
Fong
,
J.
, and
Evans
,
M.
, 2016
, “
Guided Wave Testing (GWT) of High Temperature Piping
,” 19th World Conference on Non Destructive Testing
, Munich, Germany, June 13–17, pp. 1
–7
.https://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2016/papers/fr2i2.pdf8.
Kim
,
Y. Y.
, and
Kwon
,
Y. E.
, 2015
, “
Review of Magnetostrictive Patch Transducers and Applications in Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing of Waveguides
,” Ultrasonics
,
62
, pp. 3
–19
.10.1016/j.ultras.2015.05.0159.
Bertoncini
,
F.
,
Giunta
,
G.
,
Raugi
,
M.
, and
Turcu
,
F.
, 2012
, “
Overview and Experimental Evaluation of Magnetostrictive Transducers for Guided Wave Inspection
,” e-J. Nondestr. Test.
, Report.https://www.ndt.net/article/ndtnet/2012/1_Turcu.pdf10.
G.
Engdahl
, 2000
, “
Physics of Giant Magnetostriction
,” Handbook of Giant Magnetostrictive Materials
, Academic Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 1
–125
.11.
Bertoncini
,
F.
,
Cappelli
,
M.
,
Cordella
,
F.
, and
Raugi
,
M.
, 2017
, “
An Online Monitoring Technique for Long-Term Operation Using Guided Waves Propagating in Steel Pipe
,” ASME J. Nucl. Eng. Radiat. Sci.
,
3
(4
), p. 041008.10.1115/1.403720412.
Cappelli
,
M.
,
Cordella
,
F.
,
Bertoncini
,
F.
, and
Raugi
,
M.
, 2019
, “
Guided Waves as an Online Monitoring Technology for Long-Term Operation in Nuclear Power Plants: Experimental Results on a Steam Discharge Pipe
,” ASME J. Nucl. Eng. Radiat. Sci.
,
5
(1
), p. 011016
.10.1115/1.404119313.
Bertoncini
,
F.
, and
Raugi
,
M.
, 2005
, “
Analysis of Torsional Guided Waves for Inspection of Pipes
,” WSEAS Trans. Syst.
,
4
(11
), pp. 2001
–2008
.14.
AccianiBrunetti
,
G.
,
Fornarelli
,
G.
,
Bertoncini
,
G.
,
Raugi
,
F. M.
, and
Turcu
,
F.
, 2007
, “
Classification of Defects for Guided Waves Inspected Pipes by a Neural Network Approach
,” Proceedings of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
, New York, Oct. 28–31, pp. 150
–153
.10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.4915.
Gazis
,
D. C.
, 1959
, “
Three-Dimensional Investigation of the Propagation of Waves in Hollow Circular Cylinders. I. Analytical Foundation
,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am
,
31
(5
), pp. 568
–573
.10.1121/1.190775316.
Gazis
,
D. C.
, 1959
, “
Three‐Dimensional Investigation of the Propagation of Waves in Hollow Circular Cylinders—II: Numerical Results
,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am
,
31
(5
), pp. 573
–578
.10.1121/1.190775417.
Achenbach
,
J. D.
, and
Thau
,
S. A.
, 1974
, “
Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids
,” ASME J. Appl. Mech.
,
41
(2
), pp. 544
–544
.10.1115/1.342334418.
Graff
,
K. F.
, 1975
, Wave Motion in Elastic Solids
,
Dover Publication
,
New York
.19.
Rose
,
J. L.
, 2014
, Ultrasonic Guided Waves in Solid Media
, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.20.
Viola
,
E.
, and
Marzani
,
A.
, 2007
, “
Exact Analysis of Wave Motions in Rods and Hollow Cylinders
,” Mechanical Vibration: Where Do we Stand
?,
I.
Elishakoff
, ed., Vol.
488
,
CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
, Springer, Vienna, Austria, pp. 83
–104
.21.
Haider
,
M. F.
, and
Giurgiutiu
,
V.
, 2018
, “
A Helmholtz Potential Approach to the Analysis of Guided Wave Generation During Acoustic Emission Events
,” ASME J. Nondestruct. Eval.
,
1
(2
), p. 021002
.10.1115/1.403811622.
Kharrat
,
M.
, 2016
, “
Design and Development of a Torsional Guided-Waves Inspection System for the Detection and Sizing of Defects in Pipes
,” Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Lyon, France.23.
Bertoncini F., Oprea C.
,
Raugi
,
M.
, and
Turcu
,
F.
, 2009
, “
Defect Identification by Flexural Component Evaluation in Guided Wave Monitoring of Pipework Using a Magnetostrictive Sensor
,” e-J. Nondestr. Test
.https://www.ndt.net/search/docs.php3?id=804124.
Zhao
,
X.
, and
Rose
,
J. L.
, 2004
, “
Guided Circumferential Shear Horizontal Waves in an Isotropic Hollow Cylinder
,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am
,
115
(5
), pp. 1912
–1916
.10.1121/1.169103725.
Chui
,
C.
, 1992
, An Introduction to Wavelets, Volume 1
,
Academic Press
, San Diego, CA.26.
Watson
,
G. N.
, 1922
, A Treatise on the Theory of Bessel Functions
,
Cambridge University Press
, Cambridge, UK.Copyright © 2021 by ASME
You do not currently have access to this content.
