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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Review of Current Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing (GWUT) Limitations and Future Directions.

Samuel Chukwuemeka Olisa, Muhammad A Khan, Andrew Starr

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Samuel Chukwuemeka OlisaSchool of Transport, Aerospace and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1970-0870
Muhammad A KhanSchool of Transport, Aerospace and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9028-1288
Andrew StarrSchool of Transport, Aerospace and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9046-560X

Funding

Petroleum Technology Development Fund 1520/19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Damage is an inevitable occurrence in metallic structures and when unchecked could result in a catastrophic breakdown of structural assets. Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) is adopted in industries for assessment and health inspection of structural assets. Prominent among the NDE techniques is guided wave ultrasonic testing (GWUT). This method is cost-effective and possesses an enormous capability for long-range inspection of corroded structures, detection of sundries of crack and other metallic damage structures at low frequency and energy attenuation. However, the parametric features of the GWUT are affected by structural and environmental operating conditions and result in masking damage signal. Most studies focused on identifying individual damage under varying conditions while combined damage phenomena can coexist in structure and hasten its deterioration. Hence, it is an impending task to study the effect of combined damage on a structure under varying conditions and correlate it with GWUT parametric features. In this respect, this work reviewed the literature on UGWs, damage inspection, severity, temperature influence on the guided wave and parametric characteristics of the inspecting wave. The review is limited to the piezoelectric transduction unit. It was keenly observed that no significant work had been done to correlate the parametric feature of GWUT with combined damage effect under varying conditions. It is therefore proposed to investigate this impending task.

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damage detectiondamage index (DI)guided wave ultrasonic testing (GWUT)lamb waveultrasonic guided wave (UGW)

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PMID33530407
PMCPMC7865912

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