In this paper, we have introduced an ultrasonic scan system and the pertinent calculations of the system parameters, for the purpose of nondestructive testing of oil pipes. We have investigated also the technical characteristics of subsystems to be used and implemented in an industrial smart ultrasonic flaw detector system. Different sections of an ultrasonic system, including ultrasonic, environmental and positional parameters sensors have been presented. We have introduced and described in detail the internal processing, which involves a set of operations inside the pipe. We have also presented thorough feature extraction and complementary processing sections of the ultrasonic scan system, such as noise reduction, enhancement, and smoothing that is applied to images. Using neural network techniques, we have conducted the software simulations to classify the processed images of pipe walls. Decision-based; i.e. DBNN and FDNN, are also employed to enhance the boundaries between the corroded and undamaged regions in the pipeline image.


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    Title :

    Application of neuro-fuzzy techniques in oil pipeline ultrasonic nondestructive testing


    Additional title:

    Anwendung von Neuro-Fuzzy-Verfahren auf die zerstörungsfreie Ultraschallprüfung von Ölpipelines


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    NDT&E International ; 38 , 8 ; 643-653


    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 35 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 22 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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