Experimental identification of physical parameters of fluid-filled pipes using acoustical signal processing |
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Authors: | Goran Pavi? |
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Institution: | Laboratoire Vibrations - Acoustique, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, 20, Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne, France |
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Abstract: | A method is formulated for the identification of an unknown physical parameter of a fluid-filled pipe using the measurement of sound speed in the pipe. The method uses a simple formula which provides the relationship between the sound speed and a few physical parameters of the pipe: thickness, diameter, wall material constants and fluid constants. Once the sound speed in the pipe is measured, the simple formula can be used to extract one of the unknown parameters providing the remaining ones are known.The sound speed in the pipe is measured using a 3-transducer array. In order to demonstrate the potential of the technique the results of several measurements obtained in a water-filled steel pipe are presented.The required accuracy of the measurement of sound speed and of the specification of known parameters is analysed. The accuracy depends on the unknown parameter which is to be identified. For example, if the pipe thickness is the unknown parameter, the other parameters have to be known within a very narrow margin of error. On the contrary, if the fluid properties have to be identified the needed accuracy of known parameters gets much lower. |
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Keywords: | Sound speed Pipe Monitoring Sensitivity analysis |
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