Ultrasonic imaging in the liquid metals

Issue title: Proceedings of the twelfth International Symposium on Interdisciplinary Electromagnetic, Mechanic and Biomedical Problems, ISEM Bad Gastein

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kažys, Rymantas^a | Mažeika, Liudas^a | Voleišis, Algirdas^a | Šliteris, Reimondas^a | Jasiuniene, Elena^{a; *} | Aït Abderrahim, Hamid^b | Dierckx, Marc^b

Affiliations: [a] Ultrasound Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu 50, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania | [b] SCK·CEN, Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie – Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire, Mol, Belgium

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Tel.: +370 37 351162; Fax: +370 37 451489; E-mail: elena.jasiuniene@ktu.lt

Abstract: In some nuclear reactors the core is intended to be cooled by means of liquid metal, for example, lead-bismuth eutectic alloy. For safety and licensing reasons, an imaging method of the interior of reactor has thus to be developed. The paper is devoted to development of ultrasonic imaging and measurement technique suitable for performance in the liquid Pb/Bi alloy.

Keywords: Ultrasonic imaging, nuclear reactors, high temperature, ultrasonic transducers

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2007-876

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 25, no. 1-4, pp. 249-256, 2007