Recovery of correlation function of internal random rough surfaces from diffusely scattered elastic waves
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Author(s)
Shi, F
Lowe, MJS
Craster, RV
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We propose an ultrasonic methodology to reconstruct the height correlation function of remotely inaccessible random rough surfaces in solids. The inverse method is based on the Kirchhoff approximation(KA), and it requires measuring the angular distribution of diffuse scattering intensities by sending in a narrow band incident pulse. Near field scattering effects are also included by considering the Fresnel assumption. The proposed approach is successfully verified by simulating the scattering from multiple realizations of rough surfaces whose correlation function is known, calculating the mean scattering intensities from these received signals, and then deploying the inverse method on these to reconstruct the original correlation function. Very good agreement between the reconstructed correlation function and the original is found, for a wide range of roughness parameters. In addition, the effect of reducing the number of realizations to approximate the mean intensity are investigated, providing confidence bounds for the experiment. An experiment on a corrugated rough surface is performed with a limited number of scans using a phased array, which further validates the proposed inversion algorithm.
Date Issued
2016-11-05
Date Acceptance
2016-11-01
Citation
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016, 99, pp.483-494
ISSN
0022-5096
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
483
End Page
494
Journal / Book Title
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Volume
99
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Imperial College Trust
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
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Grant Number
PC2508ICT
EP/I018948/1
EP/L022125/1
EP/L024926/1
EP/P01951X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mechanics
Physics, Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Physics
Random rough surface
Inverse problem
Diffuse elastic waves
Correlation function
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NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION
ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER
ULTRASONIC ARRAYS
CONTACT
FIELD
MODEL
SOIL
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
Publication Status
Published