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Phased array ultrasonic testing, an effective ultrasonic testing (UT) technology, has been widely used in steel inspection because of its high accuracy, sensitivity, and efficiency. However, as its application in as-cast magnesium alloys has just begun, more research is needed. Considering the important role of the gain compensation in quantifying defects in magnesium alloys by ultrasonic phased array technology, the effects of microstructure, the position, size, and overlap of defects, and boundary distance (distance from the defect position to the side surface of the test casting) on gain compensation of as-cast AZ80 and AZ31 magnesium alloys were studied. Results show the gain compensation increases with the increase of grain size. There is a strict linear positive correlation between gain compensation and defect depth, but such relationship no longer exists due to the defects overlap, orientation and boundary distance. In addition, there is a strict linear negative correlation between the gain compensation and defect size.
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Qi-zhi Le Male, born in 1968, Ph.D., Professor. His research interest focuses on the casting of magnesium alloys.
This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFB0305504) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51771043).
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Xue, Sn., Le, Qc., Jia, Yh. et al. Ultrasonic flaw detection of discontinuous defects in magnesium alloy materials. China Foundry 16, 256–261 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41230-019-9041-6
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