Research and Validation of Ultrasonic Guided Wave for Corrosion Detection of Steel Piles in Wharves

XIA Tian; ZHANG Zhiguo; SU Qi; SI Changru; GUO Xiang; SONG Pengyuan; HU Yiteng; WANG Ning

doi:10.7643/ issn.1672-9242.2026.01.014

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Equipment Environmental Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1) : 123-129. DOI: 10.7643/ issn.1672-9242.2026.01.014

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Research and Validation of Ultrasonic Guided Wave for Corrosion Detection of Steel Piles in Wharves

XIA Tian¹, ZHANG Zhiguo¹, SU Qi¹, SI Changru¹, GUO Xiang², SONG Pengyuan¹, HU Yiteng³, WANG Ning^3*

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To address the limitations in the traditional corrosion detection means for steel pipe piles in Chinese wharves, the work aims to use ultrasonic guided wave detection technology to inspect the corrosion condition of steel piles at the wharf. The ultrasonic guided wave corrosion detection procedure was optimized for the application environment of wharf steel piles, and the ultrasonic guided wave analysis signal was obtained. The ultrasonic guided wave detection parameters were adjusted to improve the resolution of the ultrasonic guided wave signal, so as to realize the technological application of ultrasonic guided wave detection on wharf steel piles. After the detection, the accuracy of the detection was verified through direct measurement with tapes and underwater robots. In the process of ultrasonic guided wave detection of steel piles at the LNG terminal in the North Sea, after optimizing and comparing the data, it was found that: in the case of using a 64 kHz adapter and 25 dB gain strength in the system, there were obvious characteristic peaks in the detection of steel piles, and the error between the distance measured by ultrasonic guided wave and validation means was between 1.3% and 2.2%, which was of high accuracy. Ultrasonic guided wave technology can detect corrosion problems in time, avoid risks, and provide new ideas for corrosion detection of steel pipe piles in wharves.

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ultrasonic guided waves / magnetostriction / corrosion detection / steel pile / nondestructive testing / signal analysis

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XIA Tian, ZHANG Zhiguo, SU Qi, SI Changru, GUO Xiang, SONG Pengyuan, HU Yiteng, WANG Ning. Research and Validation of Ultrasonic Guided Wave for Corrosion Detection of Steel Piles in Wharves[J]. Equipment Environmental Engineering. 2026, 23(1): 123-129 https://doi.org/10.7643/ issn.1672-9242.2026.01.014

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