Crack growth monitoring on industrial plant using established electrical resistance 'scanner' technology

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 690-694

  Farrell, D M ^a   Robbins, B J ^a   Stallings, J ^b   Cardoso, S ^b   Bakker, W ^b  

^a Rowan Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; METAL REFINING; MONITORING; WELDING; WELDING ELECTRODES;

BOILER TUBES; CRACK GROWTHS; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; CRACK MONITORING; DC ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; FULL-SCALE TRIALS; HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENTS; METAL SURFACES; POTENTIAL DROPS; SUPERCRITICAL BOILERS; THERMAL PARAMETERS;

SCANNING;

EID: 63349107592     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2008.50.12.690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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