Differential eddy current testing sensor composed of double gradient winding coils for crack detection

2010 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 59-63

  Xu, Peng ^a   Huang, Songling ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Differential probe; Eddy current sensor; Gradient winding coil; Nondestructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

CRACK POSITION; CURVE FITTING METHODS; DATA RECONSTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL CONFIGURATION; DIFFERENTIAL PROBES; ECT SENSOR; EDDY CURRENT SENSOR; EDDY CURRENT SENSORS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDUCTANCE VARIATION; LEAST SQUARE PRINCIPLE; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; TEST EFFICIENCY;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CRACK DETECTION; CURVE FITTING; EDDY CURRENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROBES; SENSORS; WINDING;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 77952408659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2010.5439405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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