Wall thickness evaluation of single-crystal hollow blades by eddy current sensor

NDT and E International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 363-368

  Le Bihan, Y ^a   Joubert, P Y ^a   Placko, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Eddy current sensor; Hollow blade; Neural network; Wall thickness evaluation

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 0035400542     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(00)00074-8     Document Type: Article

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