TY - GEN A1 - Völz, Uwe A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Mrasek, Heinz A1 - Matthies, Klaus T1 - Visualization of sound propagation in solids using electrodynamic probes N2 - When dealing in ultrasonic testing with inhomogeneous material structure data interpretation can be rather difficult. This is especially the case when using anisotropic dissimilar welds made from austenitic steel or nickel based alloys, which are currently used for modern power plant concepts. In this work we present an electrodynamic technique to visualize sound waves with frequencies up to 3 MHz in steel components providing a simple use and a high signal-to-noise ratio. By detecting the grazing beam with an electrodynamic probe, we measured the particle displacement as a function of time with a spatial resolution in the order of 1 mm. Adapting the electrodynamic probe and its coil alignment allows for measuring the displacement components in all three dimensions. This comprises the detection of the horizontal and vertical particle displacement with respect to the surface and thus also the transformation from longitudinal waves into transversal waves and vice versa. We report on measurements of the sound field in a complex narrow-gap weld, joining a nickel alloy with a chrome steel with a substantial anisotropy of the weld structure. The test system enables us to visualize the wave propagation within the weld and indicates the reflection scenario and the energy losses due to both the anisotropic structure and material defects. T2 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2009 CY - Rome, Italy DA - 2009-09-19 KW - Acoustic propagation KW - Anisotropic media KW - Nickel alloys KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Visualization PY - 2009 SN - 978-1-4244-4390-1 SN - 1948-5727 SP - 1495 EP - 1498 AN - OPUS4-21126 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Völz, Uwe A1 - Mrasek, Heinz A1 - Matthies, Klaus A1 - Wüstenberg, Hermann A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc ED - Thompson, D. O. ED - Chimenti, D. E. T1 - Electrodynamic approach for visualization of sound propagation in solids N2 - The visualization of sound propagation in solids is vital for transducer adaptation and better understanding of complex test samples and their wave propagation modeling. In this work we present an electrodynamic technique detecting the grazing sound beam with a 10 mm-sized electrodynamic probe. The particle displacement along the sample’s surface was then measured as a function of time and position. Adapting the electrodynamic probe and its coil alignment allows for measuring the displacement components in all three dimensions. Thus horizontal and vertical particle displacement with respect to the surface can be detected. A SNR of up to 40 dB could be achieved within ferromagnetic and high conductive chrome steel when using a shear wave generated by an angle beam probe. When dealing with nonconductive materials such as PMMA we obtained a reduced SNR of 12 dB. We report on measurements of the sound field in complex weld joints. One example shows a narrow gap weld joining a nickel alloy with a chrome steel. The weld of the 80 mm-thick test block shows a distinct anisotropic texture. The system enables us to visualize the wave propagation within the weld and indicates the reflection and scattering scenario and the energy losses due to both the anisotropic structure and material defects. T2 - 35th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Chicago, IL, USA DA - 2008-07-20 KW - Ultrasonic KW - Sound field KW - Visualization KW - Electrodynamic probe KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Nickel alloy KW - Anisotropic weld KW - Narrow gap weld PY - 2009 SN - 978-0-7354-0629-2 SN - 0743-0760 SN - 0094-243X N1 - Serientitel: AIP conference proceedings – Series title: AIP conference proceedings IS - 1096 SP - 758 EP - 765 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-19436 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Völz, Uwe A1 - Mrasek, Heinz A1 - Matthies, Klaus A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc ED - Mazal, Pavel T1 - Visualization of sound propagation with electrodynamic probes T2 - 5th International workshop of NDT experts - NDT in progress 2009 CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 2009-10-12 KW - Ultrasonic KW - Sound field KW - Visualization KW - Electrodynamic probe KW - Nondestructive testing (NDT) KW - Nickel alloy KW - Anisotropic weld KW - Narrow-gap weld PY - 2009 SN - 978-80-214-3968-9 SP - 321 EP - 328 AN - OPUS4-20334 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -