Eddy current sensor networks for aircraft fatigue monitoring

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 852-859

  Goldfine, Neil ^a   Zilberstein, Vladimir ^a   Washabaugh, Andrew ^a   Schlicker, Darrell ^a   Shay, Ian ^a   Grundy, David ^a  

^a JENTEK Sensors Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracks; Eddy current testing; Health monitoring; Imaging; Meandering winding magnetometer arrays

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MAGNETOMETERS; SENSORS;

EDDY CURRENT SENSORS;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 0041425279     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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