Research on 3D Defect Reconstruction in Plate with Phased Array Ultrasonic Test (PAUT)

Abstract

In order to clarify the distribution and shape information of the defects inside the workpiece, it has become a new industrial testing requirement to display the defects more intuitively in three dimensions(3D). In this paper, by introducing 3D volume rendering method, the expansion of PAUT from 2D to 3D is realized. The method is used to reconstruct specific “gu-shaped [[CHECK_DOUBLEQUOT_ENT]] (“Gu” is the Pinyin in Chinese characters, and at the same time, “Gu” is the shape of the defect in the plate discussed in the paper.) defects, and the results of reconstruction are compared with actual defects. By using ultrasonic phased array focusing to detect defect C-scan images of different depths, the collected C-scan images were preprocessed and reconstructed according to the defect contour by volume rendering. The results show that the defect morphology with different depths can be well obtained by focused detection, and the reconstruction effect is good, which is consistent with the actual defect.