Effects of alignment of nearby corrosion pits on MFL

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Mao, Weihua ^a   Clapham, Lynann ^a   Atherton, David L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Finite element; Inspection; Magnetic flux leakage

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS PIPELINES; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE;

CORROSION PITS;

MAGNETIC FLUX;

EID: 0037373138     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(02)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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