Presentation on

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AN

ULTRASONIC DETECTOR FOR
IRREGULAR SURFACE

Prepared by Supervised by
Md. Mohaiminur Rahman Md. Aminul Islam
ID No: 1203026 Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
Chittagong-4349, Bangladesh
 Introduction
There are many methods of Non-destructive
testing and using ultrasonic waves to find cracks
and irregular surface is one of them.
This project aimed in designing a device that can
detect cracks and irregular surface on both
metallic and non-metallic objects.
 Objectives

1. Make a device to find cracks using ultrasonic

sound.
2. Make a device to find irregularity on solid
surface of tested object using ultrasonic sound.
 Applications and advantages
• To find small crack on metal surface that are hard to
find.
• Error in machining may create some cavities. These
cavities can be detected.
• Attaching with a robotic arm cracks can be found
automatically
 Applications and advantages
• Impurities in materials can cause crack which can be
found.
• Cracks can be generated due to cooling. This device
can find these cracks.
• Irregular movement or handling surfaces can face
damage which can also be found by this device.
 Components to be used

Arduino Uno R3 HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Laptop

module
Setup of components

Image created by Fritzing 0.9.3 b

 Flow chart
Connect the
Connect Open Serial
Arduino board
Arduino board plotter on
with the
with PC via Arduino IDE
ultrasonic
USB cable
module

Observe the
graphs on Move the Upload codes
Serial plotter device over the to Arduino
to detect surface to be board from
irregularity on tested PC using
the surface Arduino IDE
 Methodology

Img source:
http://www.themakersworkbench.com/tutorial/trigg
ering-servo-using-hc-sr04-distance-sensor-and-
arduino

This sensor is similar to how bats navigate.

Trigger pin sends pulses and Echo pin receives those
pulses
Methodology
Methodology
Device Setup
Device Setup
Test results

Test object
 Test results

Detecting three crack samples

 Test results

Detecting two cavity samples

 Test results

Comparison between lumped surface and cavity

 Conclusion
• Simple and low cost device

• Both cracks and rough areas can easily be found by

using this device

• Effective in field of non-destructive testing

 Further study and modification for
research
• Further modification can be done by increasing the frequency.
• Using a Complementary Split-Ring Resonator which
operates in a very high frequency.
• By fixing the device and moving the test object below it
without any contact can remove the errors due to shaky
hands.
• Using image processing and utilizing the data from the graph
image of the cracks including all details can be developed.
Thank you all
Questions ????