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Unidirectional line-focusing shear vertical wave EMATs used for rail base center flaw detection

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin Lingsheng Technology Ltd.

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Abstract

Electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) is used for rail base flaw detection. The bidirectional radiation pattern of Shear Vertical wave (SV-wave) EMAT limits the accuracy and efficiency of the transducers. In view of this problem, a method of generating unidirectional focusing SV wave is brought up by a unidirectional line-focusing SV-wave EMAT. A 2D finite element model is built to demonstrate the feasibility of rail base flaw detection. Finally, the unidirectional line-focusing SV-wave EMAT is compared experimentally with other three kinds of SV-wave EMATs. The results show that using the unidirectional SV-wave EMAT can enhance the amplitude of echo signal into around two times of the bidirectional EMAT. Compared with bidirectional SV-wave EMAT and unidirectional SV-wave EMAT, the amplitude of echo signals are increased by 7% and by 10% by line-focusing SV-wave EMAT and unidirectional line-focusing SV wave EMAT, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2016 IEEE Far East NDT New Technology and Application Forum, FENDT 2016
EditorsChunguang Xu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages99-102
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509026630
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE Far East NDT New Technology and Application Forum, FENDT 2016 - Nanchang, China
Duration: 22 Jun 201624 Jun 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2016 IEEE Far East NDT New Technology and Application Forum, FENDT 2016

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE Far East NDT New Technology and Application Forum, FENDT 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanchang
Period22/06/1624/06/16

Keywords

  • EMATs
  • Rail base center
  • SV Wave
  • Unidirectional focusing

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