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...
英字タイトル:
Application of Microwaves on Remote and Nondestructive Testing of both Biofouling and Wall Thinning inside a Metal Pipe

We report a nondestructive method to measure the pipe wall-thinning (PWT) remotely using microwaves. A microwave vector network analyzer (VNA) and a self-designed transmitting and receiving (T&R) coaxial-line sensor are employed in the experi ment to generate microwave signals propagating in the metal pipe where the frequency was swept from 14.08 to 14.12 GHz. A brass pipe with inner diameter of 17.03 mm, 1.0 mm wall thickness, 2.0 m length, and connected respectively with 9 joints having the lengths of 17...
英字タイトル:
Remote Detection and High Precision Evaluation of WallThinning Volume in a Metal Pipe