Thermal spraying technique is widely used in various mechanical parts as a surface reforming technique.However,as demand to maintain superior mechanical performance in harsh operating environment increases,the need fo...Thermal spraying technique is widely used in various mechanical parts as a surface reforming technique.However,as demand to maintain superior mechanical performance in harsh operating environment increases,the need for non-destructive evaluation method for thermal spray coating becomes more important.For this purpose,we thinned the thickness of the thermal sprayed coating by abrasion with blasting and used ultrasonic inspection by means of bottom echo reflection for effective measurement of abrasion quantity in thermal sprayed coating.The results obtained are summarized as follows.When the thickness of thermal sprayed coating becomes thin,the echo height increases.This is because thermal sprayed coatings absorb ultrasonic energy.Ultrasonic energy absorbed by Al2O3 is smaller compared with Fe-13Cr coating.Thermal sprayed coatings submerged in water have a lower echo height compared with air.As mentioned above,the thermal sprayed coating thickness can be estimated using ultrasonic inspection by means of bottom echo back reflection.展开更多
High-resolution approaches such as multiple signal classification and estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques（ESPRIT） are currently employed widely in multibeam echo-sounder（MBES）syste...High-resolution approaches such as multiple signal classification and estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques（ESPRIT） are currently employed widely in multibeam echo-sounder（MBES）systems for sea floor bathymetry,where a uniform line array is also required.However,due to the requirements in terms of the system coverage/resolution and installation space constraints,an MBES system usually employs a receiving array with a special shape,which means that high-resolution algorithms cannot be applied directly.In addition,the short-term stationary echo signals make it difficult to estimate the covariance matrix required by the high-resolution approaches,which further increases the complexity when applying the high-resolution algorithms in the MBES systems.The ESPRIT with multiple-angle subarray beamforming is employed to reduce the requirements in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio,number of snapshots,and computational effort.The simulations show that the new processing method can provide better fine-structure resolution.Then a highresolution bottom detection（HRBD） algorithm is developed by combining the new processing method with virtual array transformation.The application of the HRBD algorithm to a U-shaped array is also discuss.The computer simulations and experimental data processing results verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.展开更多
文摘Thermal spraying technique is widely used in various mechanical parts as a surface reforming technique.However,as demand to maintain superior mechanical performance in harsh operating environment increases,the need for non-destructive evaluation method for thermal spray coating becomes more important.For this purpose,we thinned the thickness of the thermal sprayed coating by abrasion with blasting and used ultrasonic inspection by means of bottom echo reflection for effective measurement of abrasion quantity in thermal sprayed coating.The results obtained are summarized as follows.When the thickness of thermal sprayed coating becomes thin,the echo height increases.This is because thermal sprayed coatings absorb ultrasonic energy.Ultrasonic energy absorbed by Al2O3 is smaller compared with Fe-13Cr coating.Thermal sprayed coatings submerged in water have a lower echo height compared with air.As mentioned above,the thermal sprayed coating thickness can be estimated using ultrasonic inspection by means of bottom echo back reflection.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41706066the National Key R&D Program of China under contract No.2016YFC1400200the China-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation Fund
文摘High-resolution approaches such as multiple signal classification and estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques（ESPRIT） are currently employed widely in multibeam echo-sounder（MBES）systems for sea floor bathymetry,where a uniform line array is also required.However,due to the requirements in terms of the system coverage/resolution and installation space constraints,an MBES system usually employs a receiving array with a special shape,which means that high-resolution algorithms cannot be applied directly.In addition,the short-term stationary echo signals make it difficult to estimate the covariance matrix required by the high-resolution approaches,which further increases the complexity when applying the high-resolution algorithms in the MBES systems.The ESPRIT with multiple-angle subarray beamforming is employed to reduce the requirements in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio,number of snapshots,and computational effort.The simulations show that the new processing method can provide better fine-structure resolution.Then a highresolution bottom detection（HRBD） algorithm is developed by combining the new processing method with virtual array transformation.The application of the HRBD algorithm to a U-shaped array is also discuss.The computer simulations and experimental data processing results verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
文摘主动目标深度估计一直是主动声呐探测领域的难题.理论推导了目标深度大于收发深度时深海海底反射区目标回波到达结构特征,建立了9路径响应到达结构模型,分析了海底海面反射和海底反射时延差与目标深度之间的关系,提出了基于海底反射区目标回波结构特征的主动目标深度估计方法.基于爆炸声源数据对本文算法开展了验证,通过单水听器得到的水下目标深度估计结果与真实目标深度较为一致,对实验中2.0~25.6 km内20批次目标进行了深度估计,其中17批次深度估计结果误差小于10 m,20批次数据深度估计平均误差约为7 m.
