Project Details
Description
The Automatic Ultrasonic Robotic Array (AURA) project aimed to deliver a mobile robotic platform capable of deploying a bespoke ultrasonic transducer to carry out 45 - 70 degree shear wave inspection of girth and saddle welds in the nuclear and power generation industry. The project was a collaboration between: Alba Ultrasound Ltd, a world leader in array manufacture for underwater SONAR; Doosan Babcock Power Systems, as an end user with a high level of expertise in ultrasonic inspection of welds in the nuclear and power generation industry; and the University of Strathclyde, who entered into the project as an industrial partner through a planned spin out organisation QUEST Robotics, led by Gordon Dobie.
Layman's description
Project to develop a bespoke robotic platform capable of carrying out ultrasonic inspections of welds using a custom ultrasonic transducer.
Key findings
A bespoke robotic platform was designed and tested; a new type of ultrasonic transducer was developed and tested; a 16 channel wireless phased array controller was developed, with the capability to increase the number of channels through multiplexing; significant knowledge of acoustic material properties was obtained.
Short title | AURA |
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Acronym | AURA |
Status | Finished |
Effective start/end date | 1/02/12 → 30/04/15 |
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Datasets
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Horizontal Beam Patterns - AURA (Automated Ultrasonic Robotic Array)
Gillies, A. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 29 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.15129/75449bec-3d09-4b17-be4d-521e35ae5bde
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3D COMPOSITE UNIT CELL - AURA (Automated Ultrasonic Robotic Array)
Gillies, A. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 29 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.15129/e5a486cb-8140-4a07-85f8-b43c677009ee
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3D COMPOSITE FULL MODEL - AURA (Automated Ultrasonic Robotic Array)
Gillies, A. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 8 Mar 2016
DOI: 10.15129/a8855f63-5eca-4896-9299-0b9d5532b851
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