WO2003106992A8 - Ultrasonic testing of fitting assembly for fluid conduits - Google Patents

Ultrasonic testing of fitting assembly for fluid conduits

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WO2003106992A8
WO2003106992A8 PCT/US2003/018812 US0318812W WO03106992A8 WO 2003106992 A8 WO2003106992 A8 WO 2003106992A8 US 0318812 W US0318812 W US 0318812W WO 03106992 A8 WO03106992 A8 WO 03106992A8
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fluid conduits
fitting assembly
ultrasonic testing
energy
axial position
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Richard A Ales
William H Glime
John Barry Hull
Jeffrey M Rubinski
Michael Douglas Seymour
Peter C Williams
Wenxian Yang
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Swagelok Co
Richard A Ales
William H Glime
John Barry Hull
Jeffrey M Rubinski
Michael Douglas Seymour
Peter C Williams
Wenxian Yang
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Publication of WO2003106992A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003106992A2/en
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    • G01N29/11—Analysing solids by measuring attenuation of acoustic waves
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    • G01N29/44—Processing the detected response signal, e.g. electronic circuits specially adapted therefor
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Abstract

Apparatus and method for determining relative and/or absolute axial position of a conduit end within a fluid coupling includes application of input ultrasonic energy in the form of transient shear waves and analyzing the reflected energy. Application of the input energy collected at different radial positions about a first axial location is used with wavelet based correlation techniques to better analyze the reflected energy signals. Quality of the abutment between the conduit end and a surface associated with the coupling may also be determined as a separate or combined feature of the axial position determination.
PCT/US2003/018812 2002-06-17 2003-06-16 Ultrasonic testing of fitting assembly WO2003106992A2 (en)

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