Modelling the Generation and Propagation of Ultrasonic Signals in Cylindrical Waveguides

Elongated cylindrical structures like rods, pipes, cable strands or fibers, support the propagation of mechanical waves at ultrasonic frequencies along their axes. This waveguide behaviour is used in a number of scientific and engineering applications: the Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of the structural health of civil engineering elements for safety purposes (Rose, 2000), in linear displacement sensors (Seco et al., 2009) for high accuracy absolute linear position estimation, in the evaluation of material properties of metal wires, optical fibers or composites (Nayfeh & Nagy, 1996), and as fluid sensors in pipes transporting liquids (Ma et al., 2007). These applications demand exact quantitative models of the processes of wave generation, propagation and reception of the ultrasonic signals in the waveguides.

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