Autonomous NDT with Inductively Coupled Transducer System (ICTS)

项目目的和目标：通过消除不对准和温度的影响来提高ICTS的厚度测量性能。开发一种自动从永久安装的ICTS传感器收集数据的机器人系统。待解决的无损检测问题：结构的剩余壁厚是决定资产结构完整性的安全关键指标。布里斯托尔大学开发的永久安装的电感耦合传感器系统提供了一种高效、经济地测量剩余壁厚的替代方法。电感耦合传感器系统的厚度测量性能受到许多因素的影响：手持探头单元与传感器之间的横向、垂直和角度不对准，传感器下方结构的温度。本项目期望在不对准和温度变化的情况下，提高ICTS的厚度测量性能。消除这些环境影响后，开发一种自动从永久安装的传感器收集数据的机器人系统。

Project aims and objectives: Improve thickness measurement performance of ICTS by eliminating the effect of misalignment and temperature. Develop a robotic system that collects data autonomously from permanently installed ICTS sensors. NDT problem to be solved: Remaining wall thickness of structures is a safety-critical metric that determines the structural integrity of assets. Permanently installed inductively coupled transducer system developed at University of Bristol UNDT Group provides an alternative approach to measure remaining wall thickness efficiently and cost-effectively. Thickness measurement performance of inductively coupled transducer systems is affected by a number of factors: lateral, vertical, and angular misalignment between handheld probing unit and sensors, temperature of the structure underneath the sensor. This project expects to improve the thickness measurement performance of ICTS even with misalignment and temperature variation. With these environmental effects eliminated, develop a robotic system that collects data from permanently installed sensors autonomously.