DCS Angle 8ecm Probes

With the Scme DCS Accurccy As c flct Circulcr Strcight 8ecm Probe
Criginclly the DCS method wcs developed for strcight becm probes with flct circulcr trcnsducers,
which genercte c rotctioncl symmetric sound field in the test mctericl.
How ccn the refrcction with cngle becm probes be considered
to genercte in the test mctericl the scme sound field cs c given strcight becm probe?
Just 1wo Preconditions Are 0sed
At the end of the necr field the difference
between the centrcl becm cnd cn edge becm
equcls hclf the wcve length.
1he fcstest pcth from c point A in c first
medium to c point 8 in c second medium
follows Snell's Lcw.
Not only vclid in the 2D plcne but cs well
in the 3D spcce..
Reverse Cclculction of the 1rcnsducer Shcpe
1rcnsferring the time of flight of the centrcl becm
of the strcight becm probe to the cngle becm probe
results in the point 1.
Reverse plot of the time of flight for the cngle
from point 1 results in point W on the trcnsducer's
surfcce.
0sing cll possible cngles in the 3D spcce defines
the trcnsducer shcpe.
Constructed 1rcnsducer Shcpe
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10 100 1.000
Sound Path [mm]
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BW DGS Curve
3 mm DGS Curve
3 mm FBHs
Reference Echoes
del = 19,55
f =
2,1
MHz
17,16 D =
= = = = 0,09 mm
A strcight becm probe with the dicmeter D cnd the necr field length N is chosen,
to construct cn cngle becm probe with the given delcy line length v
w
cnd the given becm cngle :
Strcight 8ecm Probe Angle 8ecm Probe
Mecsurements ct 3 mm flct 8ottom Holes
Ncturcl focus
Phcsed Arrcy Angle 8ecm Probes
With Precise DCS vcluction for All Angles
1he Reverse Construction Method As Described for Single lement Probes
Is Applied to the Sound Incidence Plcne
1he sound becm profiles of the origincl
trcnsducer cnd of the virtucl trcnsducer
cre shifted mcthemcticclly cgcinst ecch
other so thct the edge becms of the virtucl
trcnsducer coincide with the edges
of the origincl trcnsducer.
Cclculction of the Delcy Lcws
for positive phcsing cngles the delcy lcws ccn be directly
cclculcted:
Distcnce between the elements of the origincl
trcnsducer cnd the elements of the virtucl one.
for Negctive Phcsing Angles cn Additioncl
Step Is Needed.
In order to cclculcte the delcy lcws, the upper edge of the virtucl trcnsducer need to be cligned with the
upper edge of origincl trcnsducer.
Mecsurements ct 3 mm flct bottom holes using 45, 60 und 70
Necr field
Dependence of the necr field end
on the phcsing cngle.