Zastosowanie tomografii ultradźwiękowej do obrazowania stanu zawilgocenia ścian

W artykule przedstawiono zastosowanie tomografii ultradźwiękowej do tworzenia obrazów zawilgocenia murów w ich przekrojach poprzecznych. Do pomiaru średniej wartości prędkości przebiegu fali ultradźwiękowej w murze zaproponowano tomograf ultradźwiękowy. Zaproponowana metoda umożliwia obrazowanie profilu zawilgocenia muru w całym przekroju poprzecznym. Idea ta może stanowić istotę działania ultradźwiękowej tomografii wielościeżkowej do badania stanu zawilgocenia murów. Do tworzenia obrazów tomograficznych zastosowano liniowe zadanie najmniejszych kwadratów. Zastosowana metoda została zilustrowana wynikami uzyskanymi z numerycznych symulacji.

Application of the ultrasound tomography for imaging a state of the wall humidification is presented in this paper. The ultrasound tomography is proposed for measure the average value of the ultrasound wave speed flowing through the wall. The ultrasonic measurements are one of the most promising. The main advantage of this method is the fact that it is based on contactless, non-invasive measurement which does not cause any physics-chemical changes in observed environment. It also enables measurement independently from temperature, pressure and density of measured medium. Ultrasound sets of emitters and receivers are characterized by high sensitivity, they do not contain any movable parts which have a contact with measured medium, they are easy to install and are relatively cheap. In analyzed system the transmitters one by one generates ultrasound impulses, which with different delays reach all receivers. Assumption of the ultrasonic measurements is reasonable with the following respects: 1. Ultrasounds spread out in straight lines, so we have not to make such simplifying assumption like in impedance or capacitance tomography; 2. Suggested method is relatively simple and enables imagining in real time; 3. Accuracy in case of velocity profile imagining is not a critical case. Image of velocity profile construction in a plane of receivers means estimation of unknown values set, which we can denote as f(x, y). Proposed method enable visualisation a humidification in a cross section of the wall. The idea can directly lead to a multipath ultrasonic tomography for the monitoring a humidification of the walls. Multipath systems with different sets of emitters and receivers are used in order to enlarge the accuracy of measurement. The image construction was done with an aid of linear least squares problem. Proposed method was illustrated with a numerical simulation results.