Defect edge identification with rectangular pulsed eddy current sensor based on transient response signals

NDT and E International

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 409-415

  He, Yunze ^a   Luo, Feilu ^a   Pan, Mengchun ^a   Hu, Xiangchao ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Gao, Junzhe ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Edge identification; Feature extraction; Pulsed eddy current (PEC); Rectangular coil; Transient response signal

Indexed keywords

C-SCAN IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; EDGE IDENTIFICATION; IN-FIELD; MAGNETIC INDUCTION; MINIMUM VALUE; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PULSED EDDY CURRENT; PULSED EDDY-CURRENT SENSORS; RESPONSE SIGNAL; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

EDDY CURRENTS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SENSORS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 77955267767     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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