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Ultrasonic Thermometry for Temperature Profiling of Heated Materials

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Advancement in Sensing Technology

Part of the book series: Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation ((SSMI,volume 1))

Abstract

In the fields of materials science and engineering, there are growing demands for monitoring temperature and its distribution of heated materials. This is basically because temperature is one of important factors that dominate material properties and related characteristics such as mechanical, electrical and chemical behaviours. In general, temperature monitoring is required for not only the surface but also the inside of heated materials. In this work, a new ultrasonic method for monitoring temperature gradients of materials during heating or cooling is presented. The method consists of ultrasonic pulse-echo measurements and an inverse analysis for determining one-dimensional temperature distributions along the direction of ultrasound propagation either inside or on the surface of heated materials. To demonstrate the practical feasibility of the method, several experiments with heated materials have been made and successful results of internal temperature profiling are obtained. In addition, non-contact methods with a laser ultrasonic technique for monitoring surface temperature distributions of heated materials are proposed and their potentials are demonstrated. Thus, it is highly expected that the ultrasonic thermometry is a promising means for on-line temperature profiling of industrial materials processed at elevated temperatures.

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    Ikuo Ihara, Takuya Tomomatsu, Manabu Takahashi, Akira Kosugi, Iwao Matsuya & Hiroyuki Yamada

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Ihara, I., Tomomatsu, T., Takahashi, M., Kosugi, A., Matsuya, I., Yamada, H. (2013). Ultrasonic Thermometry for Temperature Profiling of Heated Materials. In: Mukhopadhyay, S., Jayasundera, K., Fuchs, A. (eds) Advancement in Sensing Technology. Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32180-1_13

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