Fiberoptic probe for in-situ inspection of surface cracks in steam generator tubes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3825, Issue , 1999, Pages 92-101

  López Vazquez, Jose Carlos ^a   Doval, Angel F ^a   Dorrío, Benito V ^a   Bugarin J ^a   Alén, Jose M ^a   Fernandez J L ^a   Pérez Amor, Mariano ^a   Tejedor, Benjamin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b TECNATOM S A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Optical Inspection; Reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; DESCALING; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; INSPECTION; STEAM GENERATORS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SURFACE DEFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AUTOMATIC INSPECTION; INSPECTION SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSPECTION; REFLECTOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; REFLECTOMETRY; RESOLUTION CAPABILITY; SECOND GENERATION; STEAM GENERATOR TUBE;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 0004583630     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.364290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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