PMID- 38204016
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240112
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Dec 28
TI  - Exciting and Detecting Higher-Order Guided Lamb Wave Modes in High-Density 
      Polyethylene Structures Using Ultrasonic Methods.
LID - 10.3390/ma17010163 [doi]
LID - 163
AB  - High-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes are becoming increasingly popular, being 
      used in various fields, such as construction, marine, petroleum, water transfer, 
      process water, methane gas collection, oil and gas gathering, gas distribution 
      systems, mining, acid and wet gas lines, offshore oil and gas and in nuclear 
      power plants. Higher-order guided Lamb wave (UGW) modes can be used to detect 
      various defects in complex structures. We will apply this methodology to one of 
      the types of plastic-the structure of high-density polyethylene (HDPE). However, 
      the excitation of UGW modes faces numerous challenges, especially when there is a 
      need to identify which mode is excited. It is essential to note that, in the 
      higher frequency range, multiple different higher-order modes can usually be 
      excited. This can make it difficult to determine which modes have actually been 
      excited. The objective of this research was to successfully excite and receive 
      various higher-order UGW modes in high-density polyethylene structures using both 
      ultrasonic single-element transducers and a phased array. Theoretical 
      calculations were performed using a variety of methods: semi-analytical finite 
      element (SAFE) method, 2D spatial-temporal spectrum analysis and finite element 
      modeling (FEM). The results obtained from both measurements and simulations 
      clearly demonstrate the possibility of efficiently exciting and receiving 
      different Lamb wave modes possessing different phase velocities.
FAU - Sestoke, Justina
AU  - Sestoke J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0169-5185
AD  - Prof. K. Barsauskas Ultrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of 
      Technology, LT-51423 Kaunas, Lithuania.
FAU - Jasiuniene, Elena
AU  - Jasiuniene E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8073-5597
AD  - Prof. K. Barsauskas Ultrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of 
      Technology, LT-51423 Kaunas, Lithuania.
AD  - Department of Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu 
      Str. 50, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.
FAU - Sliteris, Reimondas
AU  - Sliteris R
AD  - Prof. K. Barsauskas Ultrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of 
      Technology, LT-51423 Kaunas, Lithuania.
FAU - Raisutis, Renaldas
AU  - Raisutis R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2408-5427
AD  - Prof. K. Barsauskas Ultrasound Research Institute, Kaunas University of 
      Technology, LT-51423 Kaunas, Lithuania.
AD  - Department of Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu 
      Str. 50, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.
LA  - eng
GR  - No. P-MIP-22-70/Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT)/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231228
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC10780114
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - finite element modelling
OT  - higher-order guided waves
OT  - material characterization
OT  - polyethylene structures
OT  - ultrasonic methods
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2024/01/11 07:41
MHDA- 2024/01/11 07:42
PMCR- 2023/12/28
CRDT- 2024/01/11 01:22
PHST- 2023/12/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/12/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/12/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/11 07:42 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/11 07:41 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/11 01:22 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/12/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma17010163 [pii]
AID - materials-17-00163 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma17010163 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2023 Dec 28;17(1):163. doi: 10.3390/ma17010163.