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Title: Ultrasonic probe for inspecting double-wall tube. [Patent application]

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5222431

An ultrasonic probe for inspecting the interface between the walls of a double-wall tube comprises a cylindrical body member having two cavities axially spaced apart thereon. The probe is placed in the tube and ultrasonic energy is transmitted from a transducer in its body member to a reflector in one of its cavities and thence into the inner wall of the tube. A second transducer in the probe body member communicates with the second cavity through a collimation passage in the body member, and the amount of ultrasonic energy reflected from the interface between the walls of the tube to a second reflector through the collimation passage to the second transducer depends upon the characteristics of said interface.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Application Number:
ON: DE82011742
OSTI ID:
5222431
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English