TY - GEN
T1 - Automated NDT of floating production storage oil tanks with a swimming and climbing Robot
AU - Sattar, T. P.
AU - Leon Rodriguez, H. E.
AU - Shang, J.
AU - Bridge, B.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper describes the design and development of a prototype swimming and wall-climbing robot that gains access to internal tank wall and floor surfaces on Floating Production Storage Oil (FPSO) tanks for the purposes of carrying out Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of welds while the tank is in-service and full of oil. A brief description is given of the inspection environment and the three NDT techniques (ultrasonic phased arrays, eddy current arrays, and Alternating Current Field Measurement ACFM arrays) that will be used to detect weld cracks and floor corrosion and pitting.
AB - This paper describes the design and development of a prototype swimming and wall-climbing robot that gains access to internal tank wall and floor surfaces on Floating Production Storage Oil (FPSO) tanks for the purposes of carrying out Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of welds while the tank is in-service and full of oil. A brief description is given of the inspection environment and the three NDT techniques (ultrasonic phased arrays, eddy current arrays, and Alternating Current Field Measurement ACFM arrays) that will be used to detect weld cracks and floor corrosion and pitting.
KW - FPSO NDT
KW - Swimming & Climbing Robot
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867091164&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/3-540-26415-9_112
DO - 10.1007/3-540-26415-9_112
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867091164
SN - 3540264132
SN - 9783540264132
T3 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005
SP - 935
EP - 942
BT - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005
PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers
T2 - 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005
Y2 - 13 September 2005 through 15 September 2005
ER -