Design of an eddy-current array probe for crack sizing in steam generator tubes

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 515-522

  Huang, Haoyu ^a   Sakurai, Nozomu ^a   Takagi, Toshiyuki ^a   Uchimoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrayed multi coil probes; Eddy current testing; Inverse problems; Less sensitive zone; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; STEAM GENERATORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

STEAM GENERATOR TUBES;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 0042164500     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(03)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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