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An ultrasonic theoretical and experimental approach to determine thickness and wave speed in layered media

2007; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 54; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/tuffc.2007.252

ISSN

2373-7840

Autores

Ana Greco De Sousa, Wagner De Albuquerque Pereira, João Carlos Machado,

Tópico(s)

Flow Measurement and Analysis

Resumo

This work presents an ultrasonic method to characterize the layers of a stratified medium, using independent measurements of wave speed and thickness of each layer. The model, based on geometrical acoustics, includes refraction. Two transducers are used: one active (3.4 MHz) and a hydrophone as a receptor, which is moved laterally through 15 positions. The distance between the transducers and the delay between the echoes, from the interfaces separating the layers, received by them are used to estimate the speed and thickness. Three types of layered phantoms were used: Ph 1 made with alcohol/acrylic, Ph 2 made with polyvinyl chloride/water/acrylic, and Ph 3 made with acrylic/water/polyvinyl chloride. The experimental results for speed of sound and layer thickness presented an experimental mean relative error, for thickness and wave speed, lower than 7.0% and 6.6%. respectively

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