Eddy current inspection of closed fatigue and stress corrosion cracks

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3403-3408

  Yusa, Noritaka ^a,b   Perrin, Stephane ^a   Mizuno, Kazue ^b   Chen, Zhenmao ^c   Miya, Kenzo ^a  

^a IIU   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Austenitic stainless steel; Electromagnetic non destructive evaluation; Fatigue crack; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; EDDY CURRENTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES);

EDDY CURRENT SIGNALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; EDDY CURRENTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 36248942919     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/11/021     Document Type: Article

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