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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul J Latimer, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Hubert L Whaley, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73598 ; 73622 ; 73597 ; 364502 ; 367127 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for ultrasonically detecting creep swelling in tubular members such as fossil utility steam lines and headers. Ultrasonic surface waves (34) are propagated around the pipe (10) in a circumferential direction. The transit time (.DELTA.T) is measured by using the pulse overlap technique with an oscilloscope (24). Circumferential dimension is obtained by multiplying the transit time (.DELTA.T) by the known Raleigh velocity of sound in the tubular member.