Thin-skin eddy-current inversion for the determination of crack shapes

Inverse Problems

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1891-1905

  Bowler, J R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GRADIENT METHODS; SENSORS;

CRACK SHAPES;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0036904352     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/18/6/327     Document Type: Article

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