Imaging of elastic wave guides interconnected by a junction
US12216088B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/0427
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for imaging a structure composed of at least one wave guide connected to a junction, the structure supporting elastic wave guided propagation modes, the method includes the following steps: for at least one operating frequency, acquiring a plurality of measurements of signals propagating in the structure by means of a plurality of pairs of non-colocalized elastic wave sensors, determining a plurality of propagation modes guided by the structure, correcting the measurements on the basis of ultrasound signals measured or simulated for the same structure in the absence of any defect, converting the measurement matrix M into a wave field scattering matrix U, determining, at each point of a sampling grid, a test vector F characteristic of the structure without any defect, applying a numerical inversion method to determine a vector H of modal components such that U.H=F at each point of a sampling grid, determining an image of the structure on the basis of the vector H.
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