Magnetostrictive transducer for torsional guided waves in pipes and plates

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Vinogradov, Sergey A ^a  

^a IHI Southwest Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Guided waves; Heat exchanger; Inspection; Long range screening; Magnetostrictive sensor; Pipes

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PIPELINE CORROSION; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TRANSDUCERS;

IN-PIPE; LONG RANGE SCREENING; LOW-COSTS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE SENSORS; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCERS; RESIDUAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS; TORSIONAL GUIDED WAVES; TRANSDUCER DESIGN;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 68649095152     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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