Sensors for monitoring early stage fatigue cracking

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 9-11, 2007, Pages 1668-1680

  Papazian, John M ^a   Nardiello, Jerrell ^a   Silberstein, Robert P ^a   Welsh, Greg ^b   Grundy, David ^c   Craven, Chris ^c   Evans, Leslie ^c   Goldfine, Neil ^c   Michaels, Jennifer E ^d   Michaels, Thomas E ^d   Li, Yuanfeng ^e   Laird, Campbell ^e  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JENTEK Sensors Inc   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stage cracking; Eddy current; Electrochemical; Fatigue; Sensors; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAGNETOMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSOR ARRAYS; ULTRASONICS;

EARLY STAGE CRACKING; ELECTROCHEMICAL FATIGUE SENSORS; SPECTRUM LOADING;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 34547868390     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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