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Title: Quantitative Defect Size Evaluation in Fluid-Carrying Nonmetallic Pipes
There is a rapid trend in various industries to replace the metallic pipes by nonmetallic ones. This is due to the certain properties, such as high strength, lightweight, resilience to corrosion, and low cost of maintenance for nonmetallic pipes. Despite the abovementioned advantages, nonmetallic pipes are still affected by issues, such as erosion, defects, damages, cracks, holes, delamination, and changes in the thickness. These issues are typically caused due to the manufacturing process, type of carried fluid composition, and flow rate. If not examined well, these issues could lead to disastrous failures caused by leakages and bursting of the pipes. To prevent such major failures, it is extremely important to test the pipes periodically for an accurate estimation of their thickness profile. In this article, we propose a nondestructive testing (NDT) technique, based on near-field microwave holography, for identifying the fluid carried by a nonmetallic pipe and estimating the pipe's thickness profile. Identifying the carried fluid helps improve the thickness profile estimation. The performance of the proposed techniques will be demonstrated via simulations and experiments.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1920098
PAR ID:
10340300
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
ISSN:
0018-9480
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 1
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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