Removal of probe liftoff effects on crack detection and sizing in metals by the AC field measurement technique

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2066-2073

  Amineh, Reza K ^a   Ravan, Maryam ^b   Hesamedin Sadeghi, S H ^c   Moini, Rouzbeh ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AC field measurement; Crack sizing; Deconvolution; Liftoff; Nondestructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONVOLUTION; DECONVOLUTION; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METAL RECOVERY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AC FIELD MEASUREMENT; CRACK SIZING; LIFTOFF; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; SURFACE CRACKS;

CRACK DETECTION;

EID: 51649104343     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.923393     Document Type: Article

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