An effective 3-D finite element scheme for computing electromagnetic field distortions due to defects in eddy-current nondestructive evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1012-1020

  Badics, Zsolt ^a,b   Matsumoto, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Aoki, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Nakayasu, Fumio ^a,b   Uesaka, Mitsuru ^a,b   Miya, Kenzo ^a,b  

^a Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy current nondestructive evaluation; Finite element method; Flaw field calculation; Three dimensional scheme

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTORTIONS; ZERO CONDUCTIVITY FLAWS;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 0031097549     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.558521     Document Type: Article

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