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Development of air-coupled ultrasonic testing for efficient nondestructive inspection of civil structures

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K14019
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Structural engineering/Earthquake engineering/Maintenance management engineering
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Hirose Sohichi  東京工業大学, 環境・社会理工学院, 教授 (00156712)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 古川 陽  東京工業大学, 環境・社会理工学院, 助教 (60724614)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords空気超音波 / 最適設計 / ダイシング技術 / 有限要素法 / 非接触非破壊検査
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, an air-coupled ultrasonic transducer is optimally designed on the basis of numerical finite element analyses, in order to improve the efficiency of transmission and receipt processes in air-coupled ultrasonic testing, which is one of non-contact nondestructive methods. The key point of the proposed optimal design method is not only to estimate best thicknesses of matching layers but also to introduce shape processing using dicing technique for a matching layer. Three-dimensional numerical analysis is carried out for a single cell of periodic structures with dicing interval to find optimal parameters for periodic cell interval, dicing dimensions and matching layer thicknesses. A prototype of air-coupled transducer based on the numerical analysis shows 1.63 and 2.21 times sensitivities of transmission and receipt, respectively, compared with the commercial one.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2016 2015

All Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] 整合層の形状加工による空気超音波探触子の性能向上に関する検討2016

    • Author(s)
      月岡桂吾,古川 陽,廣瀬壮一
    • Organizer
      日本非破壊検査協会平成28年度秋季講演大会
    • Place of Presentation
      ハーネル仙台
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-06
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 空気超音波探触子の形状加工に関する基礎的検討2016

    • Author(s)
      月岡桂吾, 古川陽, 廣瀬壮一
    • Organizer
      土木学会第71回年次学術講演会講演概要集
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学(宮城県仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Numerical wave analysis for advanced nondestructive ultrasonic testing2016

    • Author(s)
      Sohichi HIROSE
    • Organizer
      2016 Far East Forum on Nondestructive Evaluation/Testing
    • Place of Presentation
      ハーネル仙台
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 数値計算を用いた空気超音波整合層の設計2016

    • Author(s)
      月岡桂吾, 古川陽, 廣瀬壮一
    • Organizer
      第23回超音波による非破壊評価シンポジウム講演論文集
    • Place of Presentation
      日本非破壊検査協会亀戸センター(東京都)
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 反射・透過係数法を用いた境界要素法による積層構造の弾性波動解析2015

    • Author(s)
      月岡桂吾,古川陽, 廣瀬壮一
    • Organizer
      土木学会第70回年次学術講演会講演概要集
    • Place of Presentation
      岡山大学津島キャンパス(岡山県岡山市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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