2022

Somerset, William E., Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Li, Zhichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2022) Design and dynamics of oil filled flexural ultrasonic transducers for elevated pressures. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22 (13). pp. 12673-12680. doi:10.1109/jsen.2022.3178751

Smith, Luke D., Li, Zhichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2022) Transducer design for clamp-on guided wave flow measurement in thin-walled pipes. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22 (11). 10613 -10619. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2022.3169283

To, Amanda, Li, Zhichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2022) Improved detection of surface defects at sample edges using high-frequency eddy current amplitude and phase measurements. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation . doi:10.1080/10589759.2022.2063858 (In Press)

Xiang, Lunci, Dixon, Steve M., Thring, Claire B., Li, Zhichao and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2022) Lift-off performance of electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) for surface acoustic wave generation. NDT & E International, 126 . 102576. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2021.102576

2021

Somerset, William E., Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Li, Zhichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2021) Oil filled flexural ultrasonic transducers for resilience in environments of elevated pressure. In: 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Xi'an, China, 11-16 Sep 2021. Published in: 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) pp. 1-4. ISBN 9781665403559. ISSN 1948-5719. doi:10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593697

Dixon, Steve M., Li, Zhichao, Baker, Matt, Bushi, Xhorxh and Smith, Luke D. (2021) Clamp-on measurements of fluid flow in small-diameter metal pipes using ultrasonic guided waves. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 70 . doi:10.1109/tim.2021.3120142

To, A., Li, Zhichao and Dixon, S. (2021) Improved eddy current testing sensitivity using phase information. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, 63 (10). pp. 578-584. doi:10.1784/insi.2021.63.10.578

Li, Zhichao, Smith, Luke D. and Dixon, Steve M. (2021) Design of miniature clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement transducers. IEEE Sensors Letters, 5 (6). doi:10.1109/LSENS.2021.3081760

2019

Li, Zhichao, Hughes, Foz, Kerr, Noel, Wilson, Richard and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Liquid flow measurement using silicone polymer wedge clamp-on ultrasonic transducers. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement . p. 1. doi:10.1109/TIM.2019.2954235

2017

Li, Zhichao, Jarvis, Rollo, Nagy, Peter B., Dixon, Steve M. and Cawley, Peter (2017) Experimental and simulation methods to study the Magnetic Tomography Method (MTM) for pipe defect detection. NDT & E International, 92 . pp. 59-66. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2017.07.018

Li, Zhichao, Dixon, Steve M., Cawley, Peter, Jarvis, Rollo, Nagy, Peter B. and Cabeza, Sandra (2017) Experimental studies of the magneto-mechanical memory (MMM) technique using permanently installed magnetic sensor arrays. NDT & E International, 92 . pp. 136-148. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2017.07.019

2016

Li, Zhichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2016) A closed-loop operation to improve GMR sensor accuracy. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16 (15). pp. 6003-6007. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2016.2580742