Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique imaging has became a popular tool in the field of non-destructive testing in the past years. The acquisition procedure consists in collecting the data after activating elements one by one. The reconstructed object is then computed by adding the contribution of each channel, selecting the proper time delay values. It is the principle of the well-known delay ...

The synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) is a well-established method for improving the resolution of an ultrasonic image. A major shortcoming is the inherent assumption that the pulse reflected from a flaw has a spectral content that is independent of the flaw's location relative to the transducer. In this project, we address the issue by using SAFT combined with Wiener filtering and a...

Synthetically focused imaging has been used for some time in the NDE community. The techniques have primarily been directed towards imaging using bulk waves. There has recently been use of SAFT (Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique) using guided waves in plates. Here, we review three different synthetically focused imaging algorithms for a linear array aperture: CSM (Common Source Method), SAF...

We propose a GPU-accelerated implementation of frequency-domain synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) employing truncated regularized inverse k-space interpolation. Our achieves sub-1s reconstruction time for data sizes up to 100 M voxels, providing more than tenfold decrease in as compared CPU-based SAFT. provide an empirical model that can be used predict the execution quasi-3D any siz...

In this work, the PC-SAFT equation of state (EoS) has been used to model the solubility of acid gases (CO2 and H2S) in two imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) ([C8-mim][PF6] and [C8-mim][Tf2N]). Parameters of pure ILs were estimated using experimental densities. Two strategies were considered to model densities of pure ILs. In strategy 1, ILs were modeled as nonassociating compounds and in st...

To clarify the pathogenesis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP), the apoptosis of eosinophils from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL-Eos) was compared with that of eosinophils from peripheral blood (PB-Eos) in six cases of CEP. The survival rate of eosinophils and the percentage of apoptotic cells of both types of eosinophils were examined, and the effects of interleukin 5 (IL-5) were evaluated. ...

A statistical associating fluid theory for potentials of variable range to model dipolar fluids is presented. The new theory, termed the SAFT-VR+D equation (the statistical associating fluid theory for potentials of variable range plus dipole), explicitly accounts for dipolar interactions and their effect on the structure of the fluid. This is achieved through the use of the generalized mean sp...

Simulation of turbulent mixing and combustion at supercritical pressures requires the use a real-fluid equation state (EOS) to represent nonideal, nonlinear thermodynamic behavior fluids under these conditions. The simplified representation filtered EOS in large eddy simulation methodology introduces inconsistencies computed state. This study investigates novel subgrid modeling approaches addre...