Generation of omni-directional shear-horizontal waves in a ferromagnetic plate by a magnetostrictive patch transducer

It this study, omni-directional shear-horizontal wave transduction is performed using a specially configured magnetostrictive patch transducer in a ferromagnetic plate. For a ferromagnetic plate, unavoidable magnetic flux leakage into the plate not only results in poor transduction efficiency but also generates unwanted waves within the plate. These problems must be overcome to inspect ferromagnetic plates using the transducer. Therefore, we investigate the reasons for the poor performance and propose a method to improve its performance. The effectiveness of the proposed method was validated through simulations and experiments. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.