Characterization of welding defects by fractal analysis of ultrasonic signals

A.P. Vieira, E.P. de Moura, L.L. Gonçalves and J.M.A. Rebello

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2008, vol. 38, issue 3, 748-754

Abstract: In this work we apply tools developed for the study of fractal properties of time series to the problem of classifying defects in welding joints probed by ultrasonic techniques. We employ the fractal tools in a preprocessing step, producing curves with a considerably smaller number of points than in the original signals. These curves are then used in the classification step, which is realized by applying an extension of the Karhunen–Loève linear transformation. We show that our approach leads to small error rates, comparable with those obtained by using more time-consuming methods based on non-linear classifiers.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2007.01.012

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