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EMATS for science and industry : noncontacting ultrasonic measurements
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Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003
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9781402074943
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EMATs for Science and Industry comprises the physical principles of electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) and the applications to scientific and industrial ultrasonic measurements on materials. The text is arranged in four parts:
-PART I is intended to be a self-contained description of the basic elements of coupling mechanism along with practical designing of EMATs for various purposes. There are several implementations to compensate for the low transfer efficiency of the EMATs. Useful tips to make an EMAT are also presented.
-PART II describes the principle of electromagnetic acoustic resonance (EMAR), which makes the most of contactless nature of EMATs and is the most successful amplification mechanism for precise velocity and attenuation measurements.
-PART III applies EMAR to studying the physical acoustics. New measurements emerged on three major subjects; in situ monitoring of dislocation behavior, determination of anisotropic elastic constants, and acoustic nonlinearity evolution.
-PART IV deals with a variety of individual topics encountered in industrial applications, for which the EMATs are believed to the best solutions.


Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Noncontact Ultrasonic Measurements
Brief Historical Sketch of EMAT
Electromagnetic Acoustic Resonance
EMAR
Part I Development of EMAT Techniques
1 Coupling Mechanism
1.1 Background
1.2 Generation Mechanism
1.3 Receiving Mechanisms
1.4 Comparison with Measurements
2 Available EMATS
2.1 Bulk-Wave EMATs
2.2 Longitudinal-Guided-Wave EMAT for Wires and Pipes
2.3 PPM EMAT
2.4 Meander-Line Coil SH-Wave EMAT
2.5 SH-Wave EMAT for Chirp Pulse Compression
2.6 Axial-Shear-Wave EMAT
2.7 SH-Wave EMAT for Resonance in Bolt Head
2.8 Rayleigh-Wave EMAT
2.9 Line-Focusing EMAT
2.10 Trapped-Torsional-Mode EMAT
2.11 EMATs for High Temperature Measurements
3 Brief Instruction To Build EMATs
3.1 Coil
3.2 Magnets
3.3 Impedance Matching
Part II Resonance Spectroscopy with EMATs -EMAR
4 Principles of EMAR for Spectral Response
4.1 Through-Thickness Resonance
4.2 Spectroscopy with Analog Superheterodyne Processing
4.3 Determination of Resonance Frequency and Phase Angle
5 Free-Decay Measurement For Attenuation And Internal Friction
5.1 Difficulty of Attenuation Measurement
5.2 Isolation of Ultrasonic Attenuation
5.3 Measurement of Attenuation Coefficient
5.4 Correction for Diffraction Loss
5.5 Comparison with Conventional Technique
Part III Physical-Acoustics Studies
6 In-Situ Monitoring Of Dislocation Mobility
6.1 Dislocation-Damping Model for Low Frequencies
6.2 Elasto-Plastic Deformation in Copper
6.3 Point-Defect Diffusion toward Dislocations in Deformed Aluminum
6.4 Dislocation Damping after Elastic Deformation in Al-Zn Alloy
6.5 Recovery and Recrystallization in Aluminum
7 Elastic Constants and Internal Friction of Advanced Materials
7.1 Mode Control in Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy by EMAR
7.2 Inverse Calculation for Cij and Qij-1
7.3 Monocrystal Copper
7.4 Metal-Matrix Composites (SiCf/Ti-6Al-4V)
7.5 Lotus-Type Porous Copper
7.6 Ni-Base Superalloys
7.7 Thin Films
7.8 Piezoelectric Material (Langasite: La3Ga5SiO14)
8 Nonlinear Acoustics
Part IV Industrial Applications
9 On-Line Texture Monitoring Of Steel Sheets
9.1 Texture of Polycrystalline Metals
9.2 Mathematical Expressions of Texture and Velocity Anisotropy
9.3 Relation between ODCs and r-Values
9.4 On-Line Monitoring with Magnetostrictive-Type EMATs
10 Acoustoelastic Stress Measurements
10.1 Nonlinear Elasticity
10.2 Acoustoelastic Response of Solids
10.3 Birefringence Acoustoelasticity
10.4 Practical Stress Measurements with EMAR
10.5 Monitoring Bolt Axial Stress
11 Measurements On High-Temperature Steels
11.1 Velocity Variation at High Temperatures
11.2 Solidification-Shell Thickness of Continuous Casting Slabs
11.3 Wall Thickness of Hot Seamless Steel Tubes
12 Measurement Of Induction-Hardening Depth
12.1 Sensing Modified Surface Layers
12.2 Axial-Shear-Wave Resonance
12.3 Linear Perturbation Scheme
12.4 Inverse Evaluation of Case Depth
13 Detection Of Flaw And Corrosion
13.1 Crack Inspection of Railroad Wheels
13.2 Gas-Pipeline Inspection
13.3 Line-Focusing EMAT for Detecting Slit Defects
14 Average Grain Size Of Steels
14.1 Scattering of Ultrasonic Waves by Grains
14.2 Fourth-Power Law
14.3 Steel Specimens and Grain-Size Distribution
14.4 Grain-Size Evaluation
15 Remaining-Life Assessment Of Fatigued Metals
15.1 Fatigue and Ultrasonic Measurements
15.2 Zero-to-Tension Fatigue of Copper
15.3 Rotating-Bending Fatigue of Low-Carbon Steels
15.4 Tension-Compression Fatigue of Low-Carbon Steels
16 Creep Damage Detection Of Steels
16.1 Aging of Metals
16.2 Creep and Dislocation Damping
16.3 Interrelation with Microstructure
References
Index
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