Numerical simulation of internal defect imaging with the longitudinal wave generated by laser induced ultrasonic array

Abstract

To verify the performance of longitudinal waves induced by laser phased arrays (LPA) for detection and quantitative evaluation in internal defects, the finite element method (FEM) is utilized to establish the models of LPA scanning processing. The interaction of longitudinal wave and internal defect is analyzed. Besides, the two components of the reflected longitudinal waves (the longitudinal wave component [Formula: see text] and the shear wave component [Formula: see text] are focused on the imaging of defects with the synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) and total focusing method (TFM) algorithms. It shows that the imaging of internal sub-millimeter defect is obtained using the LPA. The defect size and location are simultaneously calculated, with the relative error being 6.7% and 2.9%, respectively. The proposed longitudinal wave-based LPA is a promising method for the imaging and evaluation of internal micro defects.