Introduction to Ultrasonic Guided Waves simulation

Canada is one of the United States main supplier of gas. As the weather conditions of this country are so extreme these kilometric gas pipelines that are out in the open may be damaged. One way to see if the pipeline thickness has been damaged because of the weather conditions is to install a ring of ultrasonic wave transductors. The aim of this research is to make an introduction of how to simulate this ultrasonic guided waves with finite elements software.