Removing Eddy-Current probe wobble noise from steam generator tubes testing using Wavelet Transform

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 828-835

  Lopez, L A N M ^a   Ting, D K S ^b   Upadhyaya, B R ^c  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DA FEI   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy Current; Noise; Probe wobble; Steam generator; Wavelet Transform

Indexed keywords

DESCALING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IRON; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEAM GENERATORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ANALYSIS TOOLS; APPLIED (CO); ARTIFICIAL DEFECTS; CURRENT PROBES; CURRENT SIGNALS; DE-NOISING; DECOMPOSITION LEVELS; DENOISING METHODS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELSEVIER (CO); FOURIER; GENERAL (CO); LOCAL ANALYSIS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE); NON STATIONARY SIGNALS; SIGNAL INFORMATIONS; STAINLESS-STEEL TUBES; STEAM GENERATOR TUBES; TUBE WALLS; WAVELET TRANSFORM (WT);

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 46149127551     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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