Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation:
Using ultrasound to find and evaluate flaws in engineering products and structures. This is useful in the following fields:
- Aerospace
- Nuclear power plants
- Oil & gas piplines
- Ships, trains, and automobiles
- Electronics
- Bridges
- Process control in manufacturing
Highlight:
Two-dimensional sector-scan image of a flaw inside a girth weld linking two large sections of an oil pipeline. Blue lines designate path of ultrasound; the two coloured echoes represent ultrasonic pulses diffracted from the top and bottom extremities of the weld defect. This particular flaw is approximately 3 mm in depth emanating from the weld root (inner wall of pipeline).
News
October 20, 2011
Congratulations to Phd students Kiyan Shapoori and Mohammad Marvasti, who both passed their PhD qualifying exams.
October 10, 2011
Pratt & Whitney Canada awards a research contract for the project "Manufacture of a Reference Defect in a Nickel Alloy".
September 1, 2011
Welcome to new postdoctoral fellow Izella Saletes, and to Phd student Mohammadhossein Amini.
July 20, 2011
Professor Sinclair and Dr. Honarvar presented a paper at the QNDE conference in Burlington, Vermont: “Estimation of erosion/corrosion rate in pipe walls by cross-correlation technique”.
June 15, 2011
Graduation day for MASc students Babak Shakibi and Chi-Hang Kwan. Congratulations!
June 13, 2011
NSERC and Hatch Inc. award an Engage Grant to our lab, entitled “Ultrasonic Characterization of Inner Refractory Lining of Industrial Furnaces”.
June 9, 2011
NSERC and Pratt & Whitney Canada award a Collaborative R&D Grant to our Lab entitled "Reference Defects for NDE of Cold Shots in Turbine Blades".
May 31, 2011
The Ontario Centers of Excellence awards a grant entitled “Development of high temperature ultrasonic transducers for energy sector applications”. Industrial partner is Advanced Measurement and Analysis Group.
May 1, 2011
Publication of manuscript authored by S. Sodagar et al, “An Alternative Approach for Measuring the Scattered Acoustic Field Pressure of Immersed Single and Multiple Cylinders”, Acoustical Physics, Vol. 57, #3, pp 411-419 (2011).
May 1, 2011
Three NSERC students each start their 10-week internship with their industrial partners: Mohammad Marvasti (Eclipse Scientific Inc), Luke Robertson (Olympus NDT Canada), and Kiyan Shapoori (Tessonics Inc).