AC fields around short cracks in metals induced by rectangular coils

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2001-2006

  Mostafavi, Reza F ^a   Mirshekar Syahkal, Dariush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Eddy current testing; Magnetic field measurement; Metals; Nondestructive testing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACKS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT FIELD MEASUREMENT; CRACK DETECTION; RECTANGULAR COILS;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033121866     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.764900     Document Type: Article

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