Loose parts in a steam generator of a nuclear power plant often impact the wall of the generator and become one of the damage sources in the nuclear power plant. In general, the steam generator of the nuclear power plant is structured by thick plates. This paper presents a novel approach to locating an impact load in a thick plate. The approach is based on an analysis of the acoustic waveforms measured by a sensor array located on the plate surface and theoretically obtained by either the exact elastodynamic or theory the approximate shear deformation plate theory (SDPT). For accurate estimation of the location of the impact source due to loose part, the time differences in the arrival times of the waves at the sensors and their propagation velocities are determined. This is accomplished through the use of a combined higher order time frequency (CHOTF) method, which is capable of detecting signals with lower signal to noise ratio compared to other available methods. The dispersion curves for multi modes of Lamb waves are calculated by using exact plate theory and SDPT. It is difficult to measure directly the group velocity for Lamb mode of acoustic waveform in the thick plate because they are dispersive waves. However, most of the energy in the wave is carried by the flexural waves (A0 mode); the group velocity of this mode is extracted by using the CHOTF technique for estimating the impact source location. The estimates are shown to be in excellent agreement with the actual locations and the technique is applied to the detection of the location of the impact load due to the loose part in a nuclear power plant.
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ASME 2008 9th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
July 7–9, 2008
Haifa, Israel
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Locating Impact on Thick Plates by Acoustic Wave Analysis
Ho-Wuk Kim,
Ho-Wuk Kim
Inha University, Inchon, South Korea
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Sang-Kwon Lee
Sang-Kwon Lee
Inha University, Inchon, South Korea
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Ho-Wuk Kim
Inha University, Inchon, South Korea
Sang-Kwon Lee
Inha University, Inchon, South Korea
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ESDA2008-59508, pp. 61-68; 8 pages
Published Online:
July 6, 2009
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Kim, H, & Lee, S. "Locating Impact on Thick Plates by Acoustic Wave Analysis." Proceedings of the ASME 2008 9th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. Volume 4: Fatigue and Fracture; Fluids Engineering; Heat Transfer; Mechatronics; Micro and Nano Technology; Optical Engineering; Robotics; Systems Engineering; Industrial Applications. Haifa, Israel. July 7–9, 2008. pp. 61-68. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ESDA2008-59508
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