MEMB453

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT)

Quiz (ID No.:

Ultrasonic Testing (UT) (due date 21 Aug 2015 5pm)

Part A (45 marks)

1. The divergence of an ultrasonic beam is dependant on:

2. The piezoelectric material in a search unit which vibrates to produce ultrasonic

waves is called:

3. An oscilloscope display in which the screen base line is adjusted to represent the
one way distance in a test piece is called a:

4. As ultrasonic frequency decreases:

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5. In ultrasonic testing, a liquid coupling medium between the crystal surface and the
part surface is necessary because :

6. All other factors being equal, which of the following modes of vibration has the
greatest velocity?

7. Acoustic impedance is defined by which of the following relations?

8. The ability to detect echos from small reflectors is called:

9. Which of the following is NOT (!) a requirement of a couplant?

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10. When an ultrasonic beam passes through the interface between two dissimilar
materials at an angle, a new angle of sound travel is formed in the second material
due to:

11. The ability to separate echoes from reflectors close together in depth is called:

12. Acoustic energy propagates in different modes. Which of the following represent
a mode?

13. Which of the following would be considered application(s) of ultrasonic testing?

14. The only sound waves which travel in liquids are:

15. In steel, the velocity of sound is greatest in which of the following modes of
vibration?

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Part B (55 marks)

You are given with 10 in calibration block. Sketch the A-scan display for the following
UT test that given the best result; indicate your calibration A-scan signals. Explain
your answer.

Note: AB on X-axis was calibrated to 10 ins.

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