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Ultrasonic guided wave testing has gained higher attention from industry for the inspection of elongated structures due to the reduced inspection time and cost associated with conventional non-destructive testing techniques, e.g., ultrasonic testing, radiography, and visual inspection. Current research addresses the inspection of thermoplastic pipes using ultrasonic guided waves as a low cost and permanently installed structural health-monitoring tool. Laboratory and numerical investigations were conducted to study the potential of using ultrasonic guided waves to assess the structural health of thermoplastic pipe structures in order to define optimum frequency range for inspection, array design, and length of inspection. In order to achieve a better surface contact, flexible Macro-Fiber Composite transducers were used in this investigation, and the Teletest\u00ae Focus+ system was used as the pulser\/receiver. Optimum frequency range of inspection was at 15\u221225 kHz due to the level of attenuation at higher frequencies and the larger dead zone at lower frequencies due to the pulse length. A minimum of 14 transducers around the circumference of a 3 inch pipe were required to suppress higher order flexural modes at 16 kHz. According to the studied condition, 1.84 m of inspection coverage could be achieved at a single direction for pulse-echo, which could be improved by using a higher number of transducers for excitation and using pitch-catch configuration.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20113184","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,4]],"date-time":"2020-06-04T04:36:09Z","timestamp":1591245369000},"page":"3184","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Application of Ultrasonic Guided Waves for Inspection of High Density Polyethylene Pipe Systems"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9979-8195","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Premesh Shehan","family":"Lowe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear AMRC, University of Sheffield, Brunel Way, Catcliffe, Rotherham S60 5WG, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8008-7350","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Habiba","family":"Lais","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Brunel Innovation Centre, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridgeshire CB21 6AL, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7018-734X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Veena","family":"Paruchuri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tat-Hean","family":"Gan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Brunel Innovation Centre, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridgeshire CB21 6AL, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Ghazali, M.F., Priyandoko, G., Hamat, W.S.W., and Ching, T.W. 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