538 fe 2] 4a ae aa Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing Vol. 20, No. 6 (2000. 12) AINA SSIS BA APSE] vps] GR Nondestructive Inspection of Steel Structures Using Phased Array Ultrasonic Technique Alea, 6484, AA Hyeon Jae Shin, Sung~Jin Song and You Hyun Jang 2H QTwS) UES GIs se] psp] Bhs H+ se due asa Wy awe dee aad 7S ASHSS MWA. AV ISS ALE OH] SMa SPAMS olFojz glen] Aw 18S] wh ARGH TFS FE ZSIIIS THE + YES Aolgleh MAE seh AA weg AVS 4e9] a aS VE AAW) NA VERE AVE S429] As elw wisps] G4 CaS Arson WOE TSA = Aolich QFLEA AE MAGS Arison As}r|sef ¥71-8]ba}e a (Boundary Difiraction Wave Mode: olB8o}] 2G49] Wb QS ALEeo)A eheteh, Tela A-scanlSS Selo Vals aabeh of Folal Vala Ast FAA (scan lined] RUSS ASILS se Le BPEL Aer Salad Sol de MES AAAS Zasisic. MA Aust Ae Wiel GS-49) Qeaehe aah Msgs ee ol] Bead ah, A)gelo] uo] Als ACG HALO Ae A-ccantl SS AOR AGE + sale FSO: HAS, VY, YASS, Wal Sash at Abstract A phased array ultrasonic nondestructive inspection system is being developed to obtain images of the interior of ste! structures by modifying a medical ultrasound imaging system, The medical system consists of 64 individual transceiver channels that can drive 123 array elements, Several modifications of the system were required mainly due to the change of sound speed. It was necessary to fabricate array transducers for steel structure and to obtain A-scan signal that is necessary for the nondestructive testing. Boundary diffraction wave model was used for the prediction of radiation beam field from array transckcers, which provided guidelines to design array transducers. And a RF data acquisition board was fabricated for the A-scan signal acquisition along a selected scan line within an image. For the proper beam forming in the transmission and reception for stocl structure, delay time was controlled. To demonstrate the performance of the developed system and fabricated transducers, images of artificial specimens and A-scan signals for selected scan lines were obtained in a real time fashion. 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