Friction Stir Weld Inspection Through Conductivity Imaging using Shaped Field MWM®-Arrays

ASM Proceedings of the International Conference: Trends in Welding Research

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 318-323

  Goldfine, Neil ^a   Grundy, David ^a   Zilberstein, Vladimir ^a   Kinchen, David G ^b  

^a JENTEK Sensors Inc   (United States)

^b Department 3700 P A 3741   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ARRAYS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; MICROSTRUCTURE; SENSORS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOUGHNESS;

FRICTION STIR WELDS (FSW); LACK-OF-PENETRATION (LOP) DEFECTS;

FRICTION WELDING;

EID: 1442331111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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6. Neil Goldfine, William Arbegast, et al.: "Friction Stir Weld LOP Defect Detection Using New High-Resolution MWM-Array and Eddy-Current Sensors," AEROMAT, June 2001.