Transducer effects on ultrasonic attenuation measurements

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1989
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Paul, Mary
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Aerospace Engineering

The Department of Aerospace Engineering seeks to instruct the design, analysis, testing, and operation of vehicles which operate in air, water, or space, including studies of aerodynamics, structure mechanics, propulsion, and the like.

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The Department of Aerospace Engineering was organized as the Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1942. Its name was changed to the Department of Aerospace Engineering in 1961. In 1990, the department absorbed the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and became the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. In 2003 the name was changed back to the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

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1942-present

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  • Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (1990-2003)

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Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation can be used to quantitatively interpret received electrical signals from ultrasonic measurements. In order to preform this interpretation, several techniques have been used. Two of these techniques are the standard procedure and the measurement model. The standard procedure compares the waves reflected from the flawed specimen with the waves reflected from many specimens of the same host material with different known flaws in the interior. By matching reflections, the approximate size of the flaw can be estimated by comparison with the response from the known standard flaw model; however, this method requires a large number of known, standard flaw models, which makes it a difficult procedure to use. In addition, different flaw shapes of different sizes can result in the same overall peak-to-peak response. Therefore, precise flaw sizing can not be obtained with this technique.

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Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 1989