Frequency optimization for eddy current thermography

NDT and E International

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 415-420

  Biju, N ^a   Ganesan, N ^a   Krishnamurthy, C V ^a   Balasubramaniam, Krishnan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Frequency optimization; Induction heating thermography; NDE; Tone Burst Eddy Current Thermography (TBET)

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL HEATING; AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES; COUPLED EQUATIONS; CURRENT BURSTS; CURRENT EXCITATIONS; DEFECT LOCATIONS; DEFECT SIZES; EDDY-CURRENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FREQUENCY OPTIMIZATION; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY EDDIES; INFRARED CAMERAS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RISE; NDE; NON CONTACTS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION METHODS; OPTIMUM FREQUENCIES; PEAK FREQUENCIES; SKIN DEPTHS; SURFACE HEATING; THERMAL RESPONSE; THERMAL WAVES; TONE BURST EDDY CURRENT THERMOGRAPHY (TBET); VOLUMETRIC HEATING;

AIRCRAFT; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HEATING; INDUCTION HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SKIN; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 67349145397     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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