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A new signal processing technique for detecting flaw echoes close to the material surface in ultrasonic NDT

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A new signal processing technique for separating the reflection of a flaw near a surface from the surface reflection itself is proposed. The method is based on ultrasonic scattering energy function model of flaw close to the material surface. Flaw sensitive component in the model, which corresponding to the low frequency signal, is remained by using a low pass digital filter. In order to make the recognition procedure easier and enhance the recognition effect, a reference signal is introduced to avoid the influence of the surface echo. Thus, the surface flaw is easily and clearly recognized. The good performance of the approach is experimentally verified in laboratory on a steel sample with different man-made surface flaws.

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  1. Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, 212013, P.R. China

    Shoupeng Song

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Original Russian Text © Song Shoupeng, 2010, published in Defektoskopiya, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 90–96.

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Song, S. A new signal processing technique for detecting flaw echoes close to the material surface in ultrasonic NDT. Russ J Nondestruct Test 46, 69–74 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061830910010109

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