Tone Burst Generators

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Introduction to
Ultrasonic Testing

Introduction
Tone Burst Generators In Research Basic Principles
History
Tone burst generators are often used in high power ultrasonic applications. Modern computer Present State
controlled ultrasonic instrumentation, such as Ritec's RAM 10000, is a complete advanced Future Direction
measurement system designed to satisfy the needs of the acoustic researcher in materials science or
advanced NDE. Its purpose is to transmit bursts of acoustic energy into a test piece, receive signals Physics of Ultrasound
Wave Propagation
from the piece following this burst, then manipulate and analyze these received signals in various
Modes of Sound Waves
ways. Extreme versatility is achieved through a modular approach allowing an instrument to be
Properties of Plane Waves
configured for unique applications not previously encountered. Unwanted modules need not be Wavelength/Flaw Detection
purchased and in many cases special modules can be designed and constructed. Elastic Properties of Solids
Attenuation
The high power radio frequency (RF) burst capability allows researchers to work with difficult, Acoustic Impedance
highly attenuative materials or inefficient transducers such as EMATs. Reflection/Transmission
Refraction & Snell's Law
Mode Conversion
A computer interface makes it possible for the system to make high speed complex measurements, Signal-to-noise Ratio
such as those involving multiple frequencies. Many of these measurements are very limited or Wave Interference
impossible with manually controlled instruments. A Windows or DOS based personal computer
controls and acquires data from the system. Software is supplied with each RAM-10000 suitable for a Equipment &
wide variety of applications including those involving EMATs, acoustic resonance, velocity, relative Transducers
Piezoelectric Transducers
velocity, and attenuation measurements. In addition, the source code for this software is made
Characteristics of PT
available so that it may be modified to include new applications or changes in technique. Radiated Fields
Transducer Beam Spread
The unique automatic tracking superheterodyne receiver, quadrature phase sensitive detection circuits Transducer Types
and gated integrators offer superb analog signal processing capability. Both the real and imaginary Transducer Testing I
parts of the value of the Fourier transform at the driving frequency are obtained. This increases the Transducer Testing II
Transducer Modeling
dynamic range of the instrumentation and allows phase and amplitude information at the driving
Couplant
frequency to be extracted from noise and out-of-band spurious signals more efficiently than using EMATs
Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) techniques. Pulser-Receivers
Tone Burst Generators
Function Generators
Impedance Matching
Data Presentation
Error Analysis

Measurement
Techniques
Normal Beam Inspection
Angle Beams I
Angle Beams II
Crack Tip Diffraction
Automated Scanning
Velocity Measurements
Measuring Attenuation

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Spread Spectrum
Signal Processing
Flaw Reconstruction

Calibration Methods
Calibration Methods
DAC Curves
Curvature Correction
Thompson-Gray Model
UTSIM
Grain Noise Modeling
References/Standards

Selected Applications
Rail Inspection
Weldments

Reference Material
UT Material Properties
References

Quizzes

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