Application of laser-generated guided wave for evaluation of corrosion in carbon steel pipe

NDT and E International

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-227

  Lee, Joon Hyun ^a   Lee, Seung Joon ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air coupled transducer; Corrosion; Laser based ultrasound; LBU; Mode selectivity; Pipe

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CARBON STEEL; CORROSION; DEFECTS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; LASERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

AIR-COUPLED TRANSDUCER; APPLICATION OF LASERS; CARBON STEEL PIPES; CENTER FREQUENCIES; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; DEFECT LOCATIONS; DISPERSION CURVES; EFFECTIVE TOOLS; FREQUENCY SPECTRUMS; GUIDED WAVES; IN PIPES; INSPECTION SYSTEMS; INTEGRITY OF PIPES; LBU; LINE SCANS; LOCAL WALL THINNING; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTIONS; MODE-SELECTIVITY; NON-CONTACT INSPECTIONS; NON-CONTACT METHODS; OPTIMAL MODES; PEAK AMPLITUDES; PIPE INSPECTIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATIONS; RECEIVED SIGNALS; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES; WAVE FORMS;

PIPE;

EID: 61749087373     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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