NDE of a 3-D surface crack using magnetic field induced by DC current flow

NDT and E International

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 325-328

  Saka, M ^a   Sato, I ^b   Abe H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D surface crack; DC current; Magnetic field

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACKS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACK DEPTH; CRACK LENGTH; DC CURRENT FLOW; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY; SEMIELLIPTICAL CRACK;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0032186732     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(98)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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