Rapid computation of eddy current signals from narrow cracks

NDT and E International

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Theodoulidis, Theodoros ^a   Poulakis, Nikolaos ^a   Dragogias, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Eddy current testing; Narrow crack model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENTS; EDDY CURRENT SIGNALS; EDDY-CURRENT INSPECTION; MATRIX; NARROW CRACK MODEL; NOVEL METHODS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PRECISION MEASUREMENT;

CRACKS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70349570677     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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