The authors have already proposed microwave nondestructive testing (NDT) method on detecting both location and degree of a pipe wall thinning (PWT) inside a metal pipe. However, problems caused by iofouling inside metal pipes are also frequ ently reported in recent years. As the existence of biofilm inside a aveguide will change its wave impedance and also cause microwave reflections, the characteristic signals of iofilm defects are studied here to distinguish the biofilm and PWT defects. A pair of coaxial...
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Application of Microwaves on Remote and Nondestructive Testing of both Biofouling and Wall Thinning inside a Metal Pipe

This paper reports the optimization of a new microwave probe for the nondestructive testing of an inner wall surface of the pipe, which is one of a novel long-range inspection. The method propagates a microwave inside a pipe to detect defects appearing the inner surface on the basis of the reflection of the microwave due to the defects. In order to propagate microwave into a pipe efficiently, the optimization based on the reflection and transmission characteristics at the probe obtained by the two-dime...
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Structure Optimization of the Excitation Probe in Crack Rader Using Microwave

This study evaluates the applicability of a nondestructive testing method using microwaves to the long-range inspection of a pipe with a bend. Experimental verifications were performed using four 1 m pipes, with an inner diameter of 23 mm, connected with flanges and a 90-degree bend. The experimental verifications confirmed clear reflections due to artificial wall thinning, simulated by a short pipe with an inner diameter larger than 23 mm, even when the wall thinning was situated directly below the ben...

This paper introduces the recent progress in the development of a microwave nondestructive testing method, aiming at the rapid and long-range inspection of a pipe, in the authors’ group. ...
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Development of a nondestructive testing method using microwaves to the rapid inspection of pipes

Abstract: This study reports the development of a new microwave probe for the nondestructive testing of a pipe. Three-dimensional finite element simulations are carried out to optimize the profile of a microwave probe, whose results show that a probe with elliptic profile enables smaller reflection at the probes as well as much better single-mode propagation inside the pipe than conventional ones. Experimental validations are carried out using a straight brass pipe with an inner diameter of 39 mm and...
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Enhancement of microwave nondestructive testing method for the inspection of pipes by optimizing the microwave probe profile

This paper reports research activities in the authors’ group to develop a novel non-destructive testing method using a microwave to quickly inspect the inner surface of a pipe. The method propagates a microwave inside a pipe to detect anomalies appearing the inner surface on the basis of the reflection of the microwave due to the anomalies. Because the method does not require probe scanning unlike conventional non-destructive testing methods such as eddy current testing, it can inspect a long pipe quit...
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Development of a non-destructive testing method for a long-range inspection of the inner surface of a long pipe