Using the skin effect to estimate cracks depths in structures

2009 IEEE Intrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1361-1366

  Ramos, H M Geirinhas ^a   Postolache, O ^a   Alegria, F Corrêa ^a   Ribeiro, A Lopes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Electromagnetic non destructive evaluation; Giant magnetoresistor (GMR)

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; MEASUREMENT;

EXCITATION COILS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTOR (GMR); GIANT MAGNETORESISTORS; METALLIC PLATE; METALLIC STRUCTURES; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; TEST CASE;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 70449825027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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