High temperature thickness measurements of stainless steel and low carbon steel using electromagnetic acoustic transducers
High temperature thickness measurements of stainless steel and low carbon steel using electromagnetic acoustic transducers
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.07.009
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发表时间:
2014-12-01
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4.2
通讯作者:
Dixon, S.
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作者:
Burrows, S. E.;Fan, Y.;Dixon, S.
Thickness measurements were made on steel pipe at high temperatures using a non-contact water-cooled EMAT (electromagnetic acoustic transducer) and also a laser-EMAT system where a portable Nd:YAG laser with a fibre optic cable was used to generate ultrasound on a sample, and a water-cooled coil-wound EMAT used to detect ultrasound. The set-up was designed so that the laser was fired through a hole in the centre of the EMAT, and a low pass 5 MHz filter employed to reduce the plasma noise. Back wall reflections were clearly visible at temperatures up to 900 degrees C on stainless and ferromagnetic low carbon steel, enabling wall thickness to be measured, taking into account thermal expansion of the sample. The water-cooled EMAT system can measure wall thickness on ferromagnetic low carbon steel at temperatures up to the Curie point; here, ultrasound generation is dependent on the magnetic state of the steel. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license