The reflection and transmission of Lamb waves at overlap joints

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-04-14
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ThereflectionandtransmissionofLambwavesatoverlapjointsareresearchedbythenumericalmethodandtheexperiments.ThenumericalmethodisusedtosimulatethereflectionandtransmissionofLambwavesatweldswithdifferentwidthson2mm-thickstainlesssteelplates.Thereflectionandtransmissioncoefficientsarecalculatedaswell.Whentheweldswidthislessthan4mm,aquasi-linearcorrelationisobservedbetweenthereflectioncoefficientofSOmodeandtheweldwidth.Incontrasttotheweldwidth,boththegapbetweentwoplatesandthereinforcementheightofwelddonothaveobviouseffectonthereflectioncoefficient.Basedontheresults,weproposethattheweldwidthcouldberapidlymeasuredthroughexaminingtheechoamplitudeofSOmode.Experimentsfurtherconfirmthequasilinearcorrelationandthefeasibilityofourproposedmethod.