Development of automatic measuring system of ultrasonic attenuation using spectrum analysis

频谱分析超声衰减自动测量系统的研制

基本信息

批准号：
63850022
负责人：
OKAMURA Hiroyuki
金额：
$ 5.38万
依托单位：
University of Tokyo
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research
财政年份：
1988
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
1988 至 1989
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-63850022/
关键词：
Ultrasonic Attenuation Ultrasonic Testing Non Destructive Testing Fatigue Creep Estimation of Remaining Life Spectrum Analysis Automatic Measuring System 超音波測定クリープ

项目摘要

The life extension of high temperature plants is strongly expected recently, so that the accurate remaining life assessment of them has come to be an important problem. This report presents a new non-destructive evaluation technique using ultrasonic waves for the evaluation of aging deterioration damage ( caused by creep and high temperature fatigue ) of high temperature components. In previous works, ultrasonic attenuation is evaluated from the 1st and 2nd peak values of pulse-echo ultrasonic wave. However the attenuation values evaluated by this method may have some error, because those values are greatly affected by the super-imposed noise. In the present work, two new algorithms for the improvement of measuring accuracy of ultrasonic attenuation using spectrum analysis has been developed. One is the method that evaluates the attenuation values from envelope curve of original ultrasonic waves, the other is that evaluates the attenuation values by calculating the system function of specimen from the 1st and 2nd echoes. Several ultrasonic waves obtained from Monte Carlo simulation and degraded specimen are analyzed by using, both the proposed methods and the conventional method. It is shown through the comparison that the proposed methods enable us to measure ultrasonic attenuation more accurately than before, and that the attenuation values tend to increase as decreasing of the remaining life. It is also clarified that the attenuation values is effective as non- destructive evaluation parameter of creep and high temperature fatigue. The developed algorithms are installed on the measuring system which consists of a personal computer, ultrasonic apparatus, and digital storage oscilloscope. In addition the analysis time is very much shortened by incorporating FFT-analyzer in this system. Finally, all of procedures of instrumentation and analysis can be automated fully, and it will enable us to apply the above ultrasonic method to real structures.

近年来，人们强烈期望高温设备的寿命延长，因此对其准确的剩余寿命评估已成为一个重要问题。本报告提出了一种使用超声波的新型无损评估技术，用于评估高温部件的老化劣化损坏（由蠕变和高温疲劳引起）。在以前的工作中，超声波衰减是根据脉冲回波超声波的第一和第二峰值来评估的。但该方法评估的衰减值可能存在一定误差，因为这些值受叠加噪声的影响较大。在目前的工作中，开发了两种使用频谱分析来提高超声波衰减测量精度的新算法。一种是根据原始超声波的包络曲线评估衰减值的方法，另一种是根据第一回波和第二回波计算样本的系统函数来评估衰减值的方法。使用所提出的方法和传统方法对蒙特卡罗模拟和降解样品获得的几个超声波进行了分析。通过比较表明，所提出的方法使我们能够比以前更准确地测量超声波衰减，并且衰减值随着剩余寿命的减少而趋于增加。还明确了衰减值作为蠕变和高温疲劳的无损评价参数是有效的。开发的算法安装在由个人计算机、超声波设备和数字存储示波器组成的测量系统上。此外，通过在该系统中加入 FFT 分析仪，分析时间大大缩短。最后，所有的仪器和分析过程都可以完全自动化，这将使我们能够将上述超声波方法应用于实际结构。