FRP Solutions materials ultrasonic solutions

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1. FRP Materials Ultrasound Inspection Solutions
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Middle East, Africa and Turkey
Sabri BABA
Advanced NDT Manager
[email protected]

2. WHAT IS ULTRASOUND
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•Ultrasound is any sound beyond the limit of human hearing
•Same properties and characteristics of sound apply to ultrasound
•Sound: (n.) the passage of mechanical energy through a medium in the form of vibrations
•Hammer inside of the piano strikes the strings to create vibrations
•The strings vibrate differently to create different notes
•Faster vibrations = higher pitch
•In the piano example, the vibrating string pushes the air around it
•Air molecules bump around, spreading the sound

3. WHAT IS ULTRASOUND
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Ultrasound travels back
through the material
Transducer receives the
ultrasound
Echoes in Ultrasound
Transducer sends the
ultrasound
Ultrasound reflects off back of
material
Ultrasound travels through the
material

4. WHAT IS ULTRASOUND
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Flaw Detection
•In general, flaw
detectors look for
signals show up where
they shouldn’t be
•In this example, we
receive an echo from
the crack much earlier
than we would expect

5. WHAT IS ULTRASOUND
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Components of UT Testing
▪Transducer
▪Test Piece
▪Couplant
▪Cable
▪Instrument

6. WHAT IS PHASED ARRAY
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4 element aperture 1 mm (0.039 in.)
▪Phased array probes are
composed of multiple
piezoelectric elements.
▪Pulsing and receiving of the
elements is electronically
controlled to generate
beams.
▪Composite inspection is
performed using linear scan
beams

7. WHAT IS PHASED ARRAY
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Views while Scanning
C-scan
B-scan
D-scan
A-scan

8. WHAT IS PHASED ARRAY
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Views while Scanning

9. WHAT IS PHASED ARRAY
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Views while Scanning
C-scan
B-scan
D-scan

10. RFP Materials
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A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to
composite, which is the common name) is a material made from two or
more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical
properties that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics
different from the individual components. The individual components remain
separate and distinct within the finished structure, differentiating composites
from mixtures and solid solutions
Typical engineered composite materials include:
•Reinforced concrete and masonry
•Composite wood such as plywood
•Reinforced plastics, such as fiber-reinforced polymer or fiberglass
•Ceramic matrix composites (composite ceramic and metal matrices)
•Metal matrix composites
•and other Advanced composite materials

11. RFP Manufacturing Methods
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•Bag-Molding Process
•Centrifugal-Casting Process
•Filament-Winding Process
•Contact-Molding Process
•Matched Molded Heads
•Joining Components
Products
•Storage Tank
•Railway Tank Car
•Pipe

12. TYPICAL DEFECTS for FRP MATERIALS
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13. FRP Components
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TheFRPmaterialisthermallystable(thermosettingmaterial)whosepropertiesare
unaffectedbytemperaturechangesoncecured.Thebasicrawmaterialscomplywith
therequirementsofISOstandardsandaretestedpriortouse
Materials
•Fiberglass
•Resin
•Sand

14. ULTRASOUND INSPECTION OF FRP MATERIALS
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Becauseofitslaminarlayupstructure,fiberglassispotentiallysubjecttocrackingparalleltothesurface,eitherbecauseof
appliedstressesorweaknessesresultingfrommanufacturinganomalies.Thesehiddeninternalcrackscanhaveasignificant
impactonstructuralintegrityandarenormallynotdetectablebyradiographyorNDTtechniquesotherthanultrasonic.
Ultrasonicflawdetectionoffersasimplemethodforlocatinginternalvoids.High-frequencysoundwavescoupledintothepartby
asmallprobecalledatransducerwillreflectfromcracksandvoidsinapredictableway.Ultrasonicwaveswilltravelthrougha
materialuntiltheyencounteraboundary,suchasafarwall,butifthereisacrackwithinthesoundpath,itwillgeneratean
additionalechowherethereshouldnotbeone.Byobservingechopatternsonadisplayscreen,atrainedoperatorcanquickly
andreliablyverifymaterialintegrity.

15. FRP MATERIALS
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16. FRP MATERIALS
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•Thickness Measurement
•Flaw Detection

17. FRP MATERIALS
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18. FRP MATERIALS
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19. FRP MATERIALS
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GRF Calibration Sample with
adhesive Layer on bottom side

20. PHASED ARRAY –FRP
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FBH on Main Structure

21. PHASED ARRAY –FRP
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FBH on Main Structure with Thickness Color Palette

22. PHASED ARRAY –FRP
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Air Gap in Cream Layer –No Defect Area

23. PHASED ARRAY –FRP
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Air Gap in Cream Layer –No Defect Area

24. OLYMPUS PRODUCT
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Omni Scan SX
Omni Scan X3
or

25. OLYMPUS PRODUCT
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M2008 V101 , V103

26. OLYMPUS PRODUCTS –PROBES , SCANNER
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Frequency: 0.5Mhz –1Mhz

27. Thank you for your attention