抄録
Various measurement methods using an ultrasonic sensor are generally used for inspecting the strength and reliability of actual structures. Therefore, there is a growing demand for developing accurate and precise ultrasonic sensing techniques. In this study, we aim to examine the precision of the ultrasonic sensing technique using a chirp burst pulse wave and a pulse compression methodology based on the leading edge technology of radar signal processing. In this paper, we present details of the pulse compression methodology, the analysis of the measured data, and the experimental results of the performance test of this method. The performance test demonstrated the plate thickness measurement under a series of experimental conditions. The results of the performance test, based on a comparison of the pulse compression method and conventional rectangle pulse emitted method, are as follows. (1) The effectiveness of pulse compression method is confirmed. (2) The pulse compression method enables high-precision measurement compared with the conventional rectangle pulse method.
