Pipeline Inspection Using Lamb Waves

• Main Authors: Cheng-Yan Ho, 何政諺
• Other Authors: Shiuh-Kuang Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28978349504725483437

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 機械與機電工程學系研究所 === 90 === This thesis studies Lamb waves for long-range pipeline inspection. The property of Lamb waves propagation and the sensitivity of defect detection will be evaluated in this thesis. There are two groups of waves propagation in plate, first group of waves are called symmetrical Lamb waves, and the second group are called anti-symmetrical Lamb waves. Furthermore, there are three different mode types exist in hollow cylinder, such as the longitudinal, torsional, and flexural modes. By solving the characteristic equation of the Lamb wave problem, the dispersion character of the Lamb waves can be found. The phase and group velocity for different Lamb modes obtained from the dispersion curve are also studied in this thesis. In the experimental setup, the longitudinal wave is incident at certain incident angles and velocities to generate Lamb waves propagated on the stainless steel plate and carbon steel hollow cylinder. When the longitudinal waves are in the constructive interference in the medium, only one Lamb wave will propagate. As a result, compare with the measured data and theoretical predictions of the group velocities, it is observed that angle beam longitudinal waves offer an accurate and workable method for Lamb waves generation. To evaluate the sensitivity and resolution of the Lamb waves testing, additional experiments for detecting defects are carried out in this thesis. It is found that a single and pure Lamb wave is very useful for detection defects. Moreover, selected the non-dispersive Lamb modes for detection can keep the propagating wave shape without changing; also, only minimum energy is decayed as wave propagated.