Damage Detection by the Mode-Selectable Magnetostrictive Transducer for Cylindrical Ferromagnetic Waveguides

摘要

In recent years, ultrasonic inspection techniques adopting magnetostrictive effects have received much attention, because they are non-destructive and require no direct physical contact with target systems. By selecting the desired wave mode and thus rejecting the unwanted modes amongst propagating waves in cylindrical ferromagnetic waveguides, we can effectively detect various types of flaws. However, a bending wave mode selecting technique, in particular, has not been fully developed yet. The purpose of this work is to present a technique to select either bending or longitudinal waves alone from compound waves propagating in ferromagnetic cylindrical waveguide. To achieve this goal, a new bias magnet configuration suitable for bending mode selection is suggested. The experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.