Transducer for generating and measuring torsional waves, and...

Electricity: measuring and testing – Magnetic – With means to create magnetic field to test material

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C324S240000

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ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus for structural diagnosis, which generates torsional waves upon a shaft, beam or pipe having arbitrary cross-sections, such as a circular cross-section, and senses existence or location of the cracks through analyzing reflected waves are disclosed. A magnetostrictive transducer comprises a plurality of ferromagnetic strips attached around a circumference of a member having a arbitrary cross-section with a fixed inclination; a first housing disposed to surround the ferromagnetic strips, the first housing being made of insulating material; and a coil would around the first housing. The magnetostrictive transducer can generate torsional waves upon a member when a current is supplied to the coil, and can measure reflected torsional waves.

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Park et al., “The Generation of Torsional Waves and the Pipe Diagnosis Using Magnetostrictive Transducers.” Proceedings of the KSNVE Annual Autumn Conference, pp. 544-548, Nov. 13-14, 2003.

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