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B
A
Presence of defect
indicated by
reduction in
transmission signal
No indication of
defect location
Advantages Disadvantages
• Less attenuation • Defect not located
• No probe ringing • Defect can’t be
• No dead zone identified
• Orientation does not • Vertical defects
matter don’t show
• Must be automated
• Need access to both
surfaces
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Transmission with Reflection
T R
10% of
Maximum
Pulse length
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Pulse Length
• The longer the pulse, the more
penetrating the sound
• The shorter the pulse the better the
sensitivity and resolution
NZ FZ Main
Beam
Intensity
varies
Exponential Decay
Near
Side Lobes
Zone
The main beam or the centre
beam has the highest
intensity of sound energy
2
D
Near Zone =
4λ
V
λ=
f
2
D f
Near Zone =
4V
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Near Zone
• What is the near zone length of a 5MHz
compression probe with a crystal diameter
of 10mm in steel?
2
D f
Near Zone =
4V
10 ×5,000,000
2
=
4 ×5,920,000
= 21.1mm
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Near Zone
2 2
D D f
Near Zone = =
4λ 4V
• The bigger the diameter the bigger the
near zone
• The higher the frequency the bigger the
near zone
• The lower the velocity the bigger the near
zone
Should large diameter crystal probes have a high
or low frequency?
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Which of the above probes has the longest Near Zone ?
1 M Hz
5 M Hz
1 M Hz 5 M Hz
θ/2
θ
θ Kλ KV
Sine = or
2 D Df
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Beam Spread
θ Kλ KV
Sine = or
2 D Df
Edge,K=1.22
20dB,K=1.08
6dB,K=0.56
Beam axis
or Main Beam
KV θ
Sine =
2 Df
1.08 ×5920
=
5000 ×10
= 0.1278 = 7.35 o
1 M Hz
5 M Hz
1 M Hz 5 M Hz
Transmitted
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The Phenomenon of Sound
REFLECTION
REFRACTION
DIFFRACTION
REFLECTION
REFRACTION
DIFFRACTION
60o 60o
Transmitted
30°
Refracted
30°
30°
Steel Water
Steel Steel
65°
30°
No Refraction Refracted
Incident I
Material 1
Material 2 Refracted
R
Perspex
Steel
48.3
C
24
S
Perspex
There may be more than one waveform
Steel transmitted into the second material,
example: Compression and Shear
C
Steel 90° This happens at the
FIRST CRITICAL ANGLE
SC
CS
S
33
S (Surface Wave)
90
I = 27.26
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2nd Critical Angle Calculation
C C Sine I 2730
57.4 =
Sine 90 3240
Perspex Sin90 = 1
S
Steel 2730
SinI =
3240
SinI = 0.8425
I = 57.4
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Before the 1st. Critical Angle: There
1st. are both Compression and Shear
wave in the second material
C
At the FIRST CRITICAL ANGLE
2nd. Compression wave refracted at 90°
Shear wave at 33 degrees in the
material
C S
2730
SinI = = 0.5808 = 35.5
4700