TY - GEN
T1 - Magnetostrictive sleeve transducer for in situ monitoring of specimens
AU - Guers, Manton J.
AU - Tittmann, Bernhard R.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In the literature, there are several examples where wires of magnetostrictive material are used for both sensing and nondestructive inspection applications. However, the magnetostrictive material may not be suitable for certain environments (such as corrosive environments). Therefore, designs where the magnetostrictive material is coupled to a more robust waveguide material are of interest. The work presented in this paper examines a design based on a cylindrical sleeve of magnetostrictive material. Experiments were conducted to compare the new sleeve design to the old approach of using a brass coupling. In addition to simplifying the manufacturing process, the sleeve design was found to eliminate signal artifacts encountered in previous results.
AB - In the literature, there are several examples where wires of magnetostrictive material are used for both sensing and nondestructive inspection applications. However, the magnetostrictive material may not be suitable for certain environments (such as corrosive environments). Therefore, designs where the magnetostrictive material is coupled to a more robust waveguide material are of interest. The work presented in this paper examines a design based on a cylindrical sleeve of magnetostrictive material. Experiments were conducted to compare the new sleeve design to the old approach of using a brass coupling. In addition to simplifying the manufacturing process, the sleeve design was found to eliminate signal artifacts encountered in previous results.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.846995
DO - 10.1117/12.846995
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953578602
SN - 9780819480651
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010
T2 - Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010
Y2 - 8 March 2010 through 11 March 2010
ER -