Sizing cracks in power plant components using array based ultrasonic techniques

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 111-124

  Satyanarayan, L ^a   Kumar, Anish ^b   Jayakumar, T ^b   Krishnamurthy, C V ^a   Balasubramaniam, Krishnan ^a   Raj, Baldev ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

FDTD; Focusing; Phased array; RATT; Small aperture; Steering; Through wall cracks

Indexed keywords

ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; ARRIVAL TIME; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FRONT WALLS; LEAK BEFORE BREAKS; OPTIMAL BEAMS; PHASED ARRAY; PHASED ARRAYS; POWER PLANT COMPONENTS; SMALL APERTURE; SURFACE CRACKS; THROUGH-WALL CRACK; TIME DOMAIN; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CARBON STEEL; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE DEFECTS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CRACKS;

EID: 73349132977     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: 15734862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10921-009-0053-9     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. USNRC: An approach for plant specific, risk-informed decision making: In-service inspection of piping. Draft regulatory guide DG-1063, 1997; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
2. J. Woodtli R. Kieselbach 2000 Damage due to hydrogen embrittlement and stress corrosion cracking Eng. Fail. Analysis 7 6 427 450 10.1016/S1350-6307(99) 00033-3 (Pubitemid 30683764)
3. P. Zanaboni L. Sokov N. Garate 2005 Leak before break application for primary coolant loop and surge line of VVER-1000/320 plant Nucl. Eng. Des. 235 1919 1937 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.06.002 (Pubitemid 41119168)
4. Davis, J.M.: Advanced ultrasonic flaw sizing handbook. J. Nondestr. Test. 3(11) (1998). http://www.ndt.net/article/1198/davis/davis2.htm
5. R/D Tech Guideline, Introduction to Phased Array Ultrasonic Technology Applications, 1st edn. R/D Tech Inc. (2004)
6. R/D Tech's Technology Information, Ultrasound phased array. J. Nondestr. Test. 7(7) (2002). http://www.ndt.net/article/v07n05/rdtech/rdtech.htm
7. I. Komura T. Hirasawa S. Nagai J. Takabayashi K. Naruse 2001 Crack detection and sizing technique by ultrasonic and electromagnetic methods Nucl. Eng. Des. 206 351 362 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00421-0 (Pubitemid 32372122)
8. Poguet, J., Marguet, J., Pichonnat, F., Chupin, L.: Phased array technology: Concepts, probes and applications. J. Nondestr. Test. 7(5) (2002). http://www.ndt.net/article/v07n05/poguet/poguet.htm
9. Ciorau, P.: Contribution to detection and sizing linear defects by conventional and phased array ultrasonic techniques. J. Nondestr. Test. 10(9) (2005). www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2004/pdf/power-generation/233-ciorau.pdf
10. Anderson, M.T., Cumblidge, S.E., Doctor, S.R.: Through weld inspection of wrought stainless steel piping using phased array ultrasonic probes. In: 16th World conference on NDT, Montreal, Canada (2004). www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2004/ pdf/array-transducers/460-anderson.pdf
11. L. Satyarnarayan D.M. Pukazhendhi K. Balasubramaniam C.V. Krishnamurthy D.S.R. Murthy 2007 Phased array ultrasonic measurement of fatigue crack growth profiles in stainless steel pipes Int. J. Press. Vessels Technol. 129 4 737 743 10.1115/1.2767367 (Pubitemid 350150186)
12. Wüstenberg, H., Erhard, A.: Approximative modeling for the practical application at ultrasonic inspections. J. Nondestr. Test. 2(5) (1997). http://www.ndt.net/article/wsho0597/wuesten2/wuesten2.htm
13. C.T. Schroder W.R. Scott Jr. 2000 A finite difference model to study the elastic wave interactions with buried land mines IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 38 4 1505 1512 10.1109/36.851950 (Pubitemid 30910755)
14. D. Hastings J.B. Schneider S.L. Broschat 1996 Application of the perfectly matched layer (PML) absorbing boundary condition to elastic wave propagation J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100 3061 3068 10.1121/1.417118 (Pubitemid 26376390)
15. L. Satyanarayan C. Sridhar C.V. Krishnamurthy K. Balasubramaniam 2007 FDTD simulation of ultrasonic phased array technique for imaging and sizing of defects using longitudinal waves Int. J. Press. Vessels Pip. 84 12 716 729 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2007.08.002 (Pubitemid 350011900)
16. L. Satyanarayan K.V. Mohan K. Balasubramaniam C.V. Krishnamurthy 2008 Finite difference time domain simulation of ultrasonic phased array sector scan for imaging surface cracks in pipes, Elbows and Tee sections Res. Non-Destruct. Evaluation 19 2 61 86 10.1080/09349840701725152 (Pubitemid 351597350)
17. L. Azar Y. Shi S.C. Wooh 2000 Beam focusing behavior of linear phased arrays NDT E Int. 33 3 189 198 10.1016/S0963-8695(99)00043-2 (Pubitemid 30540257)
18. D. Lévesque S.E. Kruger G. Lamouche R. Kolarik G. Jeskey M. Choquet J.P. Monchalin 2006 Thickness and grain size monitoring in seamless tube-making process using laser ultrasonics NDT E Int. 39 8 622 626 10.1016/j.ndteint.2006.04.009 (Pubitemid 44376720)
19. J.C. Aldrin C.V. Kropas-Hughes J. Knopp J. Mandeville D. Judd E. Lindgren 2006 Advanced echo-dynamic measures for the characterization of multiple ultrasonic signals in aircraft structures Insight 48 3 144 148 10.1784/insi.2006.48.3.144
20. Elbern, A.W., Guimarães, L.: Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique for Image Restauration. e-J. Nondestr. Test. Ultrason. 5(8) (2000)
21. V. Schmitz S. Chakhlov W. Muller 2000 Experiences with synthetic aperture focusing technique in the field Ultrasonics 38 731 738 10.1016/S0041-624X(99) 00219-X (Pubitemid 30592476)
22. Chahbaz, A., Sicard, R.: Comparative evaluation between ultrasonic phased array and synthetic aperture focusing techniques. In: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 22, pp. 769-776 (2003)