Defect characterisation using magnetic flux leakage inspection of tailor-welded blanks

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 260-264

  Montgomery, Aaron ^c   Wild, P ^a   Clapham, Lynann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; LASER BEAM WELDING; MAGNETIC FLUX; MICROPHONES; PHOTODIODES; POROSITY; SENSORS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WELDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER; MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE; TAILOR-WELDED BLANKS; WELD QUALITY;

INSPECTION;

EID: 2342516031     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.46.5.260.55558     Document Type: Article

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