Detection of axial crack in the bend region of a pipe by high frequency electromagnetic waves

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 764-768

  Abbasi, Kavoos ^a   Motlagh, Nasrin Hosseini ^b   Neamatollahi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Hashizume, Hidetoshi ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial crack; Bend pipe; Crack position; Electromagnetic guided wave

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRACK; AXIAL CRACKS; AXIAL ORIENTATIONS; BEND REGIONS; BEND-PIPE; CHARACTERISTIC SIGNAL; COAXIAL LINE; CRACK POSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC GUIDED WAVE; FEEDER PIPES; FREQUENCY RANGES; FUNCTION OF TIME; GUIDED WAVE; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MODE CONVERTER; NARROW SLITS; NETWORK ANALYZER; REFLECTED SIGNAL; REFLECTED WAVES; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TIME OF FLIGHT;

CEMENTS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; PIPING SYSTEMS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

CRACK DETECTION;

EID: 70349166305     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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