In this paper, an approach is presented to model the propagation of elastic waves and their
interaction with defects in plate structures. The formulation is based on the Scaled Boundary …

Corrosion monitoring of steel bars has drawn extensive attention in recent decades.
Conventional ultrasonic method, utilizing direct waves to detect damage, is adequate for …

This study presents a nondestructive evaluation method based on guided ultrasonic waves
(GUW) to quantify corrosion damage of prestressing steel strands. Specifically, a reference …

Steel-concrete modular construction is increasingly used in nuclear structure construction.
Conventional nondestructive testing methods are not able to detect internal concrete defects …

As flanged pipes have a crucial role in oil and gas transportation, accidental leaks and their
detection are of great importance, and represent a great concern in safety management of …

A method to recover the elastic properties, thickness, or orientation of the principal symmetry
axes of anisotropic plates is presented. This method relies on the measurements of …

In this paper, a numerical approach for the computation of dispersion relations for three-
dimensional waveguides with arbitrary cross-section is proposed. The formulation is based …

Reports indicated that impact events accounted for 47% of offshore pipeline failures, which
calls for impact detection and localization for subsea pipelines. In this paper, an innovative …

Abstract Design of an advanced instrument for inspecting rock bolt integrity by means of
ultrasonic guided waves is presented. Issues related to features of multimodal and …

Determining the integrity of grounding electrodes is challenging and there is need to
augment expensive and time consuming excavation based methods. In this work pulse-echo …