UT circuity vocab Flashcards
what characteristic will influenced the instrument and transducer?
it will influence the resolution, sensitivity and penetration
name the five circuit in an A-scan instrument for pulse echo.?
- clock timer
- transmitter
- sweep generator
- receiver
- CRT ( Cathode Ray Tube
provides the constant rate of pulses to be used as a time base for other circuits within the instrument.
clock timer
- Circuit of the flaw detector that sends the initial pulse voltage to both the transducer and receiver.
- input high voltage pulse (short duration) to the Piezoelectric element in the transducer. Tweep generator will input a voltage to the CRT, which causes an initial pulse and sweep display.
Transmitter
- That circuit of a flaw detector that receives both the initial pulse voltage from the transmitter and the returning echoes ( as voltage) from the transducer.
- sense the low voltage created when the piezoelectric element in the transducer and converts received mechanical energy to electrical energy. then the signal then the signal is amplified, filtered, and rectified and displayed onto the CRT.
Receiver
T.V monitor. two types of phosphorus being used are log and momentary persistence. long persistence creates a fading effect to indications displayed. momentary allows indications to appear as soon as electrons no longer bombarding it.
CRT. Cathode Ray Tube
changing the pulse repetition rate will affect the time between transmitted pulses. different forms include fixed, variable by switches , and variables by range control.
Pulse repetition rate
Changes the voltage applied to the Piezoelectric element. higher voltage excitation pulses result in deeper penetration.
Pulse energy
provide to match transmitter output to the resonant frequency of the transducer. provides maximum energy conversion between the transmitter and transducer.
pulse tuning
change the duration of the pulse applied to the Piezoelectric element. increasing it will decrease penetration and increase resolution.
pulse length (dampening)
provides calibrated adjustment for indication amplitude. used to make discontinuity size comparison.
Gain control
used to suppress low amplitude indications that appear on the CRT. any tuning or frequency control doesn’t change the frequency of the transducer
reject control
instrument capable of receiving and tuning to a specific frequency is considered a narrow band instrument. broad bandwidth- wide range of frequencies.
Band width
The measure of resistance sound encounters as it travels through a particular medium. it is equal in magnitude to the product of the sound velocity (c) multiplied by the medium’s density
Acoustic Impedance
The boundary between two media of differing acoustic of absorbing or dispersing the sound pulses reflected within the wedge.
Acoustic interface
A strong sound attenuating wedge on an angle beam transducer which has the function of absorbing or dispersing the sound pulses reflected within the wedge.
Acoustic Swamp
can be considered, for practical purposes, to be the point on the CRT display which represents the entry surface of the specimen
Acoustic Zero
As an indication on the CRT, the vertical height of an indication measured from the lowest to the highest point of the indication.
Amplitude
a testing technique in which the crystal is placed at an angle to the test surface so that ultrasonic waves enter the material in a direction angular to the test surface
Angle beam testing
A pulse-echo technique whereby the CRT display show the pulse travel time in the horizontal direction to which one can ascribe the corresponding sound paths. in the vertical direction the maximum value of the acoustic pressure echo amplitude received by the transducer is displayed.
A-SCAN
A reduction in strength of force. the gradual loss of energy as sound travels through a medium.
Attenuation
(back echo) the echo representing the side of the specimen opposite the side to which the transducer is coupled. this echo represents the thickness of the specimen at the point.
Back wall Echo
the point on the base of an angle beam transducer’s wedge from which the sound leaves the wedge and enters the specimen.
Beam Index Point
A diagram in which entire circuit stages or sections are shown by geometric figures.
block diagram
A sectional representation (cross section) of a test specimen, usually performed in an immersion system. this sectional representation can be in the form of a photograph or recorded display.
B-scan
The graduation of an instrument to enable measurements in definite units which will be used during scanning.
Calibration
A vacuum tube consisting essentially of an electron gun producing a beam of electrons which, after passing between horizontal and vertical deflection plates, falls upon a luminescent screen; the position of the beam can be observed by the luminescence produced upon the screen. Electric potentials applied to the deflection plates are used to control the position of the beam, and its movement across the screen, in any desired manner.
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
The period of the clock (time), ie., the amount of time elapsing between pulses of the lock
Clock Interval
A cable consisting of a central conducing wire together with a concentric cylindrical conductor, the space between the two being filled with a dielectric substance.
Coaxial cable
A material (usually a liquid) used between the transducer and the test specimen to eliminate air from this space, and thus insuring the passage of sound waves into and out of the specimen
Couplant
Either the largest tolerable defect or the smallest intolerable defect. the critical defect size is usually given by the specification
Critical Defect
A plan view of a test specimen usually performed in an immersion system. this plan view is displayed by a recorder presentation
C-scan
Effectively reduces the ringing or oscillating of the Piezoelectric crystal by allowing a variably decrease in the initial pulse voltage sent from transmitter to the crystal.
Damping (control)
A unit of sound measurement, a unit which compares levels of power.
Decibel
A general term applied to all cracks, inclusions, blow holes, slags, etc… not normally found in the material. each of which will reflect sonic energy
Discontinuity
The scattering of the sound waves of an Ultrasonic beam because of reflection from a highly irregular surface, composed of many reflecting surfaces of different orientation in respect to the test surface.
Dispersa
A method of flaw evaluation that uses a test block with a known size reflector, at varying distances from the search unit. this allows plotting of a curve on the CRT that represents the amplitude of that reflector throughout time. this curve shows loss of energy due to beam spread and attenuation ( ASME)
Distance Amplitude Correction ( DAC)
A transducer containing two Piezoelectric crystals, one of which only transmits sound, the other only receives sound.
Dual Element Transducer
Signifies the peak height of the echo as displayed in a linear form on the CRT (usually above the baseline)
Echo Amplitude
The point in time when the transmitter fires the initial pulse ( Voltage) to the transducer and receiver, and the point on the CRT where the electron bam leaves the baseline due to the initial pulse signal coming from the transmitter.
Electrical Zero