简介：ThereflectionandtransmissionofLambwavesatoverlapjointsareresearchedbythenumericalmethodandtheexperiments.ThenumericalmethodisusedtosimulatethereflectionandtransmissionofLambwavesatweldswithdifferentwidthson2mm-thickstainlesssteelplates.Thereflectionandtransmissioncoefficientsarecalculatedaswell.Whentheweldswidthislessthan4mm,aquasi-linearcorrelationisobservedbetweenthereflectioncoefficientofSOmodeandtheweldwidth.Incontrasttotheweldwidth,boththegapbetweentwoplatesandthereinforcementheightofwelddonothaveobviouseffectonthereflectioncoefficient.Basedontheresults,weproposethattheweldwidthcouldberapidlymeasuredthroughexaminingtheechoamplitudeofSOmode.Experimentsfurtherconfirmthequasilinearcorrelationandthefeasibilityofourproposedmethod.