Ultrasonic reflectance methods

There have been numerous efforts to inspect specimens by ultrasonic reflectivity (or pulse-echo) measurements. In these inspections ultrasonic reflectivity is often used to observe changes in the acoustical impedance, and from this observation to localize defects in the specimen. However, the term defect is related to any discontinuity within the specimen and, consequently, more information is needed than only ultrasonic reflectivity to define the discontinuity as a defect. This information may be provided by three-dimensional ultrasonic reflection tomography and a priori knowledge about the specimen (e.g., the specimen fabrication process, its design, the intended purpose and the material). A more comprehensive review of defect characterization and related nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods is provided elsewhere [1]. 

In this paper, we have exposed a solution to improve the resolution in Low Frequency Ultrasonic Tomography. Since the basic principle of ultrasonic reflection tomography prohibits the inspection of objects with strong contrast and large extension, we turn down the frequency of the transducer, in order to increase the penetration length of the wave and the validity of the method. But this is done at the expense of resolution. 

This study detects the defect of the void and the exfoliation in the solid phase diffusion bonding interface of ductile cast iron and stainless steel with a nickel insert metal using ultrasonic testing method, and examine the influence of mutual interference of the reflectional wave both the defect and the interface. 

Therefore, the ultrasonic testing method in the diffusion joint of the dissimiler materials shall considered the influence of the interference with the reflective wave. 

This study was in real time measured that the reflective echo height of the bonding interface in the solid phase diffused bonding process of carbon steel and titanium using ultrasonic testing method. As a result, the following were made discernment. 

Delaminations reduce the time required for the reflected signal to arrive at the surface in pulse-echo setups (also shown in Fig. 2.6) which have both the transmitting and detecting transducers on the same side of the test sample. The same method can distinguish between flaws at different depths. A slightly different ultrasonic resonance method utilizes the fact that delaminations reduce the sample stiffness and hence produce a resonant frequency shift. 

Several methods of displaying ultrasonic reflections are available, the most common being A and C-Scans. The simplest presentation is an A-Scan which shows the amplitude of the signal as a function of time (or distance, if a value for the velocity of sound in the medium is known), as shown in O Figs. 42.14 and O 42.15. In manual testing, an A-scan is obtained at each test point and is interpreted by the operator. 

Up to now the Reference Block Method and the DGS-Method are world wide the most important techniques for evaluating defect signals in manual Ultrasonic Testing. Even today, individual national standards refer to either one of these two echo evaluation techniques. However, both reflected echo signals from natural defects are compared with an echo from a known reference reflector at the same distance. The result of the evaluation is either... 

The use of the surface ultrasonic waves seems to be convenient for these purposes. However, this method has not found wide practical application. Peculiarities of excitation, propagation and registration of surface waves created before these time great difficulties for their application in automatic systems of duality testing. It is connected with the fact that the surface waves are weakened by soil on the surface itself In addition, the methods of testing by the surface waves do not yield to automation due to the difficulties of creation of the acoustic contact. In particular, a flow of contact liquid out of the zone of an acoustic line, presence of immersion liquid, availability of chink interval leads to the adsorption and reflection of waves on tlie front meniscus of a contact layer. The liquid for the acoustic contact must be located only in the places of contact, otherwise the influence on the amplitude will be uncontrolled. This phenomenon distorts the results of testing procedure. 

Doppler Flow Meters. Doppler flow meters sense the shift in apparent frequency of an ultrasonic beam as it is reflected from air bubbles or other acoustically reflective particles that ate moving in a Hquid flow. It is essential for operation that at least some particles ate present, but the concentration can be low and the particles as small as ca 40 p.m. CaUbration tends to be influenced by particle concentration because higher concentrations result in mote reflections taking place neat the wall, in the low velocity portion of the flow profile. One method used to minimize this effect is to have separate transmitting and receiving transducers focused to receive reflections from an intercept zone neat the center of the pipe. 

Studies on the dynamics of complexation for guests with cyclodextrins have been carried out using ultrasonic relaxation,40 151 168 temperature jump experiments,57 169 183 stopped-flow,170,178,184 197 flash photolysis,57 198 202 NMR,203 205 fluorescence correlation spectroscopy,65 phosphorescence measurements,56,206 and fluorescence methods.45,207 In contrast to the studies with DNA described above, there are only a few examples in which different techniques were employed to study the binding dynamics of the same guest with CDs. This probably reflects that the choice of technique was based on the properties of the guests. The examples below are grouped either by a type of guest or under the description of a technique. 

Tsukahara, Y., Takeuchi, E Hayashi, E., and Tani, Y. (1984). A new method of measuring surface layer-thickness using dips in angular dependence of reflection coefficients. IEEE 1984 Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 992-6. IEEE, New York. [214] Tsukahara, Y Nakaso, N., Kushibiki, J., and Chubachi, N. (1989a). An acoustic micrometer and its application to layer thickness measurements. IEEE Trans. UFFC 36, 326-31. [213-215]... 

Ultrasonic waves have frequencies which are beyond human hearing. These wave are able to penetrate matter to some extent and the rest is reflected. The E modulus and the density of the material both determine at which speed the waves move through the material. The intensity of the penetrated or reflected beam is measured. The method is for instance used to track defects/ flaws in the material and to measure the E modulus. 

The ultrasonic excitation causes small bubbles to form in the liquid the collapse of these bubbles causes abrasion of the surface. The hardened regions are not damaged as much as the surrounding matrix (in contrast to the chemical method described above ) and thus become visible because of differences in light reflectivity. This method is especially effective in removing... 

Many other methods have been employed to study CTC in biological systems, such as calorimetry, mixed fusion analysis, solubility and partition methods, ultrasonic methods, spectropolarimetry, reflective infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, flash photolysis spectroscopy, nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy, and magnetic susceptibility methods, to name several of a very long list. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has also been used to elucidate some EDA interactions in electrically active macromolecules. XPS is useful for detecting the redistribution of charges in complexes of such compounds, (e.g., in the presence of phosphate acceptors, the nature of the semiconductive environment of S, O, and N bridges in macromolecules is affected profoundly [111]. 

There are other methods of NDI other than X-ray radiography. One of them is ultrasonic NDI. In this technique, ultrasonic waves are used to investigate the interior of a ceramic piece. An ultrasonic transducer placed on the surface of the ceramic piece sends the ultrasonic waves received by a sensor found either within the ultrasonic transducer or at another location on the surface of the ceramic piece. Ultrasonic waves are scattered emd reflected back finm the surfaces and defects within... 

Shear moduli C were determined at tiz by the attenuated reflection of pulses (ARP) method described previously (4- ). In this method a 4 psec pulse of ultrasonic energy applied in the shear mode is made to traverse a quartz substrate, impinging on the underside of the film as it reflects repeatedly from the ends of the substrate. 

Laser interferometry employs the principle of optical interference to recover the sought acoustic information from the light reflected from, or scattered by, a surface under ultrasonic vibration. Its non-contact nature makes laser probing a preferred alternative to contact methods in studying surface waves, their diffraction and damping by intrinsically rough surfaces. 

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