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Technique, AATT)
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TB556 A 1000-3630(2014)-04-0331-05
DOI 10.3969/j.issn1000-3630.2014.04.009

Bottom crack measurement by using AATT

with ultrasonic phased array
1,2 2 2
LIU Shu-hong , ZHENG Hui , JIANG Xue-ping
(1. Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing (Ministry of Education), Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, Jiangxi, China;
2. China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute, Beijing 100013, China;)

Abstract: This paper proposes an effective method of using ultrasonic phased array to measure bottom cracks from
single-sided-unilateral. The heights of artificial cracks in different thickness blocks are measured by the Absolute Arrival
Time Technique (AATT) with ultrasonic phased array in testing simulation and experiment. The height of natural crack
in a weld is also measured by AATT. A comparative analysis of the experimental results and the conventional TOFD
measurement results is conducted, and the analysis results show that the height of bottom crack can be measured
quantitatively by AATT from one side and this measurement technique can achieve the same accuracy as TOFD
measurement.
Key words: phased array ultrasonic testing; absolute arrival time technique; crack height measurement

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Fig.1 The schematic diagram of Absolute Arrival Time Technique
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Fig.3 The sector scan simulation results of AATT for artificial cracks
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Fig.5 The side view of the reference block 1 (unit: mm)

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Fig.7 Experimental result (a) and relative error (b) for the block 1

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Fig.6 The sector scan experimental result of AATT for the artificial
crack 6 8 AATT
Fig.8 Schematic diagram of acoustic wave propagation path in AATT
20 mm measurements

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Fig.14 The sector scan result of natural cracks in simulated block

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