Manual ultrasonic phased array technique for accurate through-wall sizing of planar discontinuities in dissimilar metal welds

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Buttram, Jonathan D ^a  

^a Interwav Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack sizing; Dissimilar metal weld; Nuclear; Phased array; Testing; Time of flight; Tip diffraction; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

CRACK SIZING; DISSIMILAR METAL WELDS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIP DIFFRACTION; ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY TECHNIQUE;

BACKSCATTERING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; ULTRASONICS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WELDS;

CRACKS;

EID: 33846347358     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Anderson, M., S. Cumblidge and S. Doctor, "Through Weld Testing of Wrought Stainless Steel Piping Using Phased Array Ultrasonic Probes," 16th WCNDT 2004 - World Conference on NDT, CD-ROM, Montreal, Canada, 2004.
2. ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, New York, 2004.
3. Department of Energy, "Ultrasonic Phased Array Technique for Accurate Discontinuity Sizing in Dissimilar Metal Welds," Department of Energy Small Business Innovative Research final report, Contract Number DE-FG02-04ER83984, 11 March 2005.