Elastic least-squares reverse-time migration with density variation for flaw imaging in heterogeneous structures
Author(s)
Rao, Jing
Yang, Jizhong
He, Jiaze
Huang, Ming
Rank, Ernst
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Ultrasonic techniques are able to accurately detect and characterize flaws in homogeneous structures. Elastic reverse time migration (ERTM) is a powerful tool to reconstruct high-resolution images of flaws. To achieve images with better quality, the solution can be obtained by iteratively finding an image generating the modeled data which can best match the measured data in a least-squares sense, i.e. least-squares migration (LSM). Combing ERTM and LSM, conventional elastic least-squares reverse time migration (ELSRTM) methods are based on the assumption of a constant density, which can lead to inaccurate amplitudes and parameter crosstalk artifacts in the reconstructed images. In this paper, an ultrasonic imaging technique based on the ELSRTM which considers density as well as longitudinal-(L-) and shear-wave (S-wave) velocity variations is explored for imaging flaws in heterogeneous structures. The ELSRTM with density variations can simultaneously reconstruct density and L- and S-wave velocity images, which can provide amplitude-preserving images and mitigate crosstalk artifacts. This method is applied to numerical as well as physical laboratory experiments and the results appear promising for flaw identification in heterogeneous structures
Date Issued
2020-03-01
Date Acceptance
2020-01-14
Citation
Smart Materials and Structures, 2020, 29 (3)
ISSN
0964-1726
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Smart Materials and Structures
Volume
29
Issue
3
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Instruments & Instrumentation
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science
elastic least-squares reverse time migration
density variation
flaw characterization
ultrasonic imaging
non-destructive evaluation
WAVE-FORM INVERSION
NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION
ULTRASONIC ARRAYS
DEFECT DETECTION
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 035017