Ultrasonic guided wave tomography of pipes

Ultrasonic guided wave tomography has been shown to be an effective nondestructive evaluation technique for pipe-like structures. Guided waves propagating in pipe with damage are simulated using the finite element and the first arrival times of the received signals are extracted as input data of tomography. Alterative reconstruction technique (ART) is used to modify the slowness value of each grid unit in ray tracing. Tomographic reconstructions are performed for damages of different positions and shapes in pipes. The results show that guided wave tomography can depict accurately the locations and sizes of the damages.