Ultrasonic Phased Array Imaging Approach Using Omni-Directional Velocity Correction for Quantitative Evaluation of Delamination in Composite Structure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory and Method
2.1. BRM (Low-Angle Velocity Measurement)
2.2. High-Angle Velocity Measurement
3. Experimental Setup
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Constant Velocity (C) | Piecewise Constant Velocity (P) | Linear Velocity (L) | Linear Velocity (L) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Average intensity | −14.4254 | −8.0159 | −6.0752 | −5.0412 |
Std of intensity | 3.8881 | 1.5922 | 0.94358 | 0.86467 |
Average intensity | −20.4436 | −22.1136 | −20.7535 | −21.0696 |
Std of intensity | 5.5022 | 5.9473 | 5.6156 | 6.2298 |
Constant Velocity (C) | Piecewise Constant Velocity (P) | Linear Velocity (L) | Linear Velocity (L) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Average intensity | −12.0681 | −3.7233 | −2.6446 | −1.5202 |
Std of intensity | 1.5661 | 0.8938 | 0.8842 | 0.9431 |
Average intensity | −23.4903 | −25.8872 | −24.3567 | −23.473 |
Std of intensity | 5.6004 | 7.1157 | 7.7815 | 7.4145 |
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Xu, X.; Fan, Z.; Chen, X.; Cheng, J.; Bu, Y. Ultrasonic Phased Array Imaging Approach Using Omni-Directional Velocity Correction for Quantitative Evaluation of Delamination in Composite Structure. Sensors 2023, 23, 1777. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23041777
Xu X, Fan Z, Chen X, Cheng J, Bu Y. Ultrasonic Phased Array Imaging Approach Using Omni-Directional Velocity Correction for Quantitative Evaluation of Delamination in Composite Structure. Sensors. 2023; 23(4):1777. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23041777
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Xiangting, Zhichao Fan, Xuedong Chen, Jingwei Cheng, and Yangguang Bu. 2023. "Ultrasonic Phased Array Imaging Approach Using Omni-Directional Velocity Correction for Quantitative Evaluation of Delamination in Composite Structure" Sensors 23, no. 4: 1777. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23041777