Analytical model for tilted coils in eddy-current nondestructive inspection

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2447-2454

  Theodoulidis, Theodores ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coil tilt; Crack inspection; Eddy currents; Eddy current testing; Impedance calculation

Indexed keywords

COIL TILT; CRACK INSPECTION; EDDY-CURRENT TESTING; IMPEDANCE CALCULATION;

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 26944465385     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854331     Document Type: Article

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