This invention relates to the field of
underwater weld technology and discloses a method and
system for forward modeling of nonlinear
ultrasonic scattering in the early stage of
underwater welds. The method includes: obtaining material
nonlinear parameters based on the ratio of second
harmonic to fundamental wave amplitude; obtaining interface contact
nonlinear parameters through the second
harmonic amplitude in the reflected wave from the crack interface; establishing water-
solid interface propagation conditions and constructing a sound velocity model; combining the
sound pressure superposition relationship under
multipath propagation and array excitation conditions to obtain the total fundamental wave
sound pressure at any receiving point within the weld; and constructing a unified nonlinear ultrasonic forward scattering model by introducing equivalent local
nonlinear parameters for unified characterization. This invention, by constructing a unified characterization model of material nonlinearity and contact acoustic nonlinearity, and combining the water-
solid coupling propagation mechanism with Green'
s function forward modeling, can improve the completeness of the description of nonlinear
ultrasonic scattering mechanisms and the accuracy and stability of the quantitative characterization of early-stage micro-damage in
underwater welds.