The influence of coupling layer thickness on hollow axles ultrasonic testing

Author

Dong Cai ; Cheng Zou ; Zhenguo Sun ; Qingxiang Zhou ; Ye Fu ; Guangkai Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2015

fDate

20-22 May 2015

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

147

Abstract

The thickness of coupling layer between the hollow axle inner wall and the probe wedge may vary during actual ultrasonic inspection. To study the influence of coupling layer thickness on the hollow ultrasonic inspection, the simulation models with different probe angles and different thicknesses of coupling layer were established with COMSOL Multiphysics. Flaw echoes from 38° and 45° probes under various coupling thickness were calculated and analyzed in details. A special experimental system was designed to validate the simulation results. Both simulation and experiment show that the coupling thickness variation may impact the reliability of ultrasonic testing results when the coupling thickness is less than 0.9mm.

Keywords

axles; finite element analysis; inspection; mechanical engineering computing; ultrasonic materials testing; COMSOL Multiphysics; coupling layer thickness; flaw echoes; hollow axle inner wall; hollow axle ultrasonic testing; hollow ultrasonic inspection; probe angle; probe wedge; simulation model; ultrasonic testing reliability; Acoustics; Axles; Couplings; Finite element analysis; Mathematical model; Probes; Testing; Coupling layer; experimental validation; hollow axles; simulation model; ultrasonic testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-7522-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAR.2015.7166019

Filename

7166019