Electromagnetic ultrasonic SH guided wave detection method for grounded flat steel defects based on synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms

ZHOU Kai; ZHANG Ruizhe; YE Kuan; LI Hongda; WANG Zhe; HUANG Songling

doi:10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2022.25.032

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Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology) ›› 2022, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (12) : 2013-2020. DOI: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2022.25.032

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Electromagnetic ultrasonic SH guided wave detection method for grounded flat steel defects based on synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms

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The grounding grid plays a vital role for ensuring reliable power system operations. However, the buried environment around the grounding grid can result in grounding device defects, so the grounding grid must be periodically tested. This paper presents a SH guided wave detection method based on linear frequency modulation excitation and synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms for grounded flat steel power systems. The system uses a permanent magnetic array SH guided wave transducer which is simple and suitable for flat steel structures. The transducer is excited with a linear frequency modulation signal with synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms used to analyze the signal. Identification of the overlapping guided wave signals in the time-frequency plane effectively distinguishes between various defects and end faces. Signals from finite element simulations and experiments were then used to evaluate the signal analysis method. The calculated distance errors were all within 3%, which shows that the method can accurately extract the guided wave travel times and accurately locate defects. Comparisons with results using short-time Fourier transforms and Wigner distributions show the advantages of the time-frequency aggregation of the synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms.

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electromagnetic ultrasonic transducers / SH guided waves / flat steel / synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms / defect detection

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ZHOU Kai, ZHANG Ruizhe, YE Kuan, LI Hongda, WANG Zhe, HUANG Songling. Electromagnetic ultrasonic SH guided wave detection method for grounded flat steel defects based on synchrosqueezed wavelet transforms[J]. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 2022, 62(12): 2013-2020 https://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2022.25.032

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