Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic Methods

This paper presents an experimental study of the propagation of ultrasonic Rayleigh waves in the walls of a pressure vessel in order to estimate mechanical stresses. The ability to assess stresses using ultrasonic methods is based on the acoustoelastic effect, ie. the change of velocity of propagat...

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Main Author: Yonka Ivanova
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2022-04-01
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description This paper presents an experimental study of the propagation of ultrasonic Rayleigh waves in the walls of a pressure vessel in order to estimate mechanical stresses. The ability to assess stresses using ultrasonic methods is based on the acoustoelastic effect, ie. the change of velocity of propagation of the ultrasonic Rayleigh waves (URW) in stressed media. The experiments were carried out using a hydraulic test conducted in a pressure vessel. Measurements of the travel time of the URW over the walls of the vessel in the axial and circumferential direction were carried out with a pressure change of up to 7 MPa at a constant temperature. Relations between the relative changes in the travel time of waves and the change in pressure were found. The influence of temperature and thermal stresses on the velocities of ultrasonic waves was not taken account. The conducted experiments confirmed the finding that the difference in the relative changes in the travel time of URW in circumferential and axial directions changes linearly with the change in the pressure in the vessel.
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spelling doaj.art-6d770b8695d7431fb59479f2c3e05b492022-12-21T23:34:06ZengAssociação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol)Materials Research1516-14392022-04-012510.1590/1980-5373-mr-2021-0495Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic MethodsYonka Ivanovahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5616-9161 This paper presents an experimental study of the propagation of ultrasonic Rayleigh waves in the walls of a pressure vessel in order to estimate mechanical stresses. The ability to assess stresses using ultrasonic methods is based on the acoustoelastic effect, ie. the change of velocity of propagation of the ultrasonic Rayleigh waves (URW) in stressed media. The experiments were carried out using a hydraulic test conducted in a pressure vessel. Measurements of the travel time of the URW over the walls of the vessel in the axial and circumferential direction were carried out with a pressure change of up to 7 MPa at a constant temperature. Relations between the relative changes in the travel time of waves and the change in pressure were found. The influence of temperature and thermal stresses on the velocities of ultrasonic waves was not taken account. The conducted experiments confirmed the finding that the difference in the relative changes in the travel time of URW in circumferential and axial directions changes linearly with the change in the pressure in the vessel.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392022000100302&tlng=enthin-walled pressure vesselbiaxial stress stateultrasonic Rayleigh wavesacoustoelastic effectMomentless Shell theory
spellingShingle Yonka Ivanova
Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic Methods
Materials Research
thin-walled pressure vessel
biaxial stress state
ultrasonic Rayleigh waves
acoustoelastic effect
Momentless Shell theory
title Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic Methods
title_full Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic Methods
title_fullStr Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic Methods
title_full_unstemmed Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic Methods
title_short Study of Mechanical Stresses in Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Using Ultrasonic Methods
title_sort study of mechanical stresses in thin walled pressure vessels using ultrasonic methods
topic thin-walled pressure vessel
biaxial stress state
ultrasonic Rayleigh waves
acoustoelastic effect
Momentless Shell theory
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