Detection of embedded fatigue cracks in Inconel weld overlay and the evaluation of the minimum thickness of the weld overlay using eddy current testing

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1852-1859

  Yusa, Noritaka ^a   Janousek, Ladislav ^a   Rebican, Mihai ^a   Chen, Zhenmao ^a   Miya, Kenzo ^a   Chigusa, Naoki ^b   Ito, Hajime ^b  

^a International Institute of Universality   (Japan)

^b Kansai Electric Power   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENT TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WELDING CODES;

EMBEDDED FATIGUE CRACKS; INCONEL WELD OVERLAY; MODEL HEAD PENETRATION WELDS; UNIFORM EDDY CURRENT PROBE;

CRACKS;

EID: 33745485164     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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