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TomoView Concepts and Operational Mode > UT Settings Dialog Bar > Probe Tab
Probe Tab
The Probe tab (see Figure: The Probe tab) contains options that are used to set the parameters of the
probes used for the inspection.
Description of the Probe tab
Figure: The Probe tab
The Probe tab is subdivided into Material and Interface, Selection, Position , and Beam Orientation
group boxes.
Material and interface group box
Figure: The Material and Interface group box
Wave type
Allows you to select the wave type: Longitudinal or Transverse.
Sound velocity
Sets the sound velocity in the inspected material for each wave type. This value must be
determined with precision as it will be used to convert time units into distance units.
Wedge delay
Sets the total wedge delay of the probe. The wedge delay is calculated as follows:
Selection group box
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Figure: The Selection group box
Show total
Disables the probe and law parameters modification.
Modify probe
Allows you to modify the probe parameters.
Modify beam
Allows you to modify the beam parameters.
T/R radio buttons
When a Pulse-Echo group is selected, the T button transfers the pulse-receiver probe
parameters. When a Pitch-and-catch , or a TOFD group is selected, the T button transfers the
pulser probe parameters and the R button transfers the receiver probe parameters.
Position group box
Figure: The Position group box
Scan offset
The scan offset represents the distance between the beam direction and the scan origin, which
can be positive or negative (click on the button to view a graphical representation of this
offset). This box sets the scan offset of the probe or the beam depending on whether the
Modify probe or Modify beam option was chosen in the Selection group box. SeeFigure 4-64.
Index offset
The index offset represents the distance between the beam exit point and the index origin,
which can be positive or negative (click on the button to view a graphical representation
of this offset). This box sets the scan offset of the probe or the beam depending on whether the
Modify probe or Modify beam option was chosen in the Selection group box.
Separation
Specifies the distance between the probes (available only with an active TOFD group).
Parallel/perpendicular to beam radio buttons
Specifies the beam orientation as parallel or perpendicular to the scan direction (available only
with an active TOFD group).
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Adjust Resolution
This button opens the dialog box shown in Figure 4-65 which can be used to adjust the data
group resolution.
Sets the minimal offset difference, ensuring that there will be no data fusion among the
data groups, although acquisition gaps may occur.
Sets the minimal offset difference, ensuring that there will be no acquisition gap among
the data groups, although data fusion may occur.
Sets an average of the offset difference, therefore providing a good compromise between
acquisition gaps and data fusion among data groups.
Sets a user-defined offset difference, allowing you to select a data group resolution
between the minimum and maximum offset differences.
Figure: The Adjust Scan data group resolution dialog box
Beam orientation group box
Figure: The Beam orientation group box
Refracted angle
Defines the refracted angle of the probe beam.
The refracted angle (β) (see Figure: Refracted angle) is calculated from the probe incidence
angle (α), sound velocity in wedge, and sound velocity in material according to the following
formula (Snell’s law):
(1) Min.
(2) Max.
(3) Average
(4) User
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