Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2018, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (7): 103-107.

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STUDY ON PROPAGATION LAW OF VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC SIGNALS OF FRP TANKS

CHEN Jian-fei1, XIE Ke-ming3*, YANG Yong2, LIU Yan-guo2   

  1. 1.College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China;
    2.Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, Dongying 257000, China;
    3.Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China
  • Received:2017-11-27 Online:2018-07-25 Published:2018-07-20

Abstract: The problem of weak acoustic emission signal for passive detection of large tank is studied. According to the detection of acoustic vibration principle, the incentive raw materials (nylon, stainless steel, plastic) were selected to do active tapping test on the 10 mm wall thickness epoxy resin glass fiber reinforced plastic storage tank. Based on the acquisition of signals using acoustic emission equipment, stainless steel was selected as optimal material, and a spring hammer frock was designed. Acoustic vibration test of FRP tanks in laboratory was carried out by using spring hammer, the results show that the hitting speed is the fastest and the amplitude attenuation is minimum in the horizontal direction. As the direction angle increases, the wave velocity decreases gradually and the amplitude attenuation rate increases gradually. The propagation model and amplitude attenuation law of acoustic and vibration signals are obtained. Overall, the sound vibration signal propagation distance is longer than the passive acoustic emission signal, which lays the foundation for the later research on the inspection of FRP tank defects by acoustic vibration method.

Key words: glass fiber reinforced plastics, acoustic vibration method, spring hammer, sound velocity, amplitude attenuation

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