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Measurement of Ultrasonic Nonlinear Parameter by Using Non-Contact Ultrasonic Receiver

비접촉식 초음파 수신기를 이용한 초음파 비선형성 측정

  • 김종범 (한양대학교 융합기계공학과) ;
  • 장경영 (한양대학교 기계공학부)
  • Received : 2014.02.25
  • Accepted : 2014.08.01
  • Published : 2014.10.01

Abstract

The ultrasonic nonlinear parameter ${\beta}$ is generally known as an effective parameter for evaluating material degradation. Thus far, most research has been conducted using a contact method. However, since measurement by this contact method is affected by the contact conditions between the transducer and the specimen, additional devices are required to maintain the contact conditions stable during the measurement. To avoid this inconvenience, this paper proposes a noncontact method. In this study, only the receiver was replaced with a noncontact receiver, and then, the ultrasonic nonlinear parameters measured by the newly developed noncontact receiver were compared with those measured by the contact receiver. Results obtained using both these receivers for heat-treated aluminum alloy specimens showed good agreement. From this result, we can confirm that the ultrasonic nonlinear parameter ${\beta}$ can be measured using the proposed noncontact ultrasonic method.

초음파 비선형 파라미터 ${\beta}$는 재료의 미세한 변질을 평가하는데 효과적인 인자로 알려져있다. 그런데 지금까지 대부분의 연구는 접촉식 방법을 이용하여 측정하는 연구가 수행되어왔다. 그러나, 접촉식 방법은 탐촉자와 시편사이의 접촉상태가 측정결과에 큰 영향을 미치기 때문에 측정의 재현성을 보장하기 위해 탐촉자의 접촉상태를 일정하게 유지시키기 위한 부수적인 장치가 필요하다. 이러한 불편함을 해소할 목적으로 본 연구에서는 비접촉식 기법을 도입하였다. 다만 초음파의 송신은 접촉식으로 하고 수신만 비접촉식을 적용함으로써 동일한 조건에서 접촉식으로 수신한 경우와 비접촉식으로 수신한 경우를 비교하고자 하였다. 시편은 시효 처리된 알루미늄 합금을 사용하였고, 두 방식의 측정결과 비선형 파라미터 ${\beta}$의 변화는 유사하게 나타났다. 이로부터 초음파 비선형 특성의 변화를 비접촉식 수신방법으로 용이하게 평가할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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