Case studies of pulsed eddy current to measure wall loss in feedwater piping and heater shells

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 6, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2008, Pages 721-731

  Cohn, Marvin J ^a   Norton, Jordan W ^a  

^a Aptech Engineering Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; FAILURE MECHANISM; FEEDWATER; FLOW-ACCELERATED CORROSIONS; FORCED OUTAGES; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; PERSONNEL SAFETY; POWER PLANT PROJECTS; PULSED EDDY CURRENT; ULTRASONIC THICKNESS; WALL LOSS; WALL THICKNESS; WALL THINNING;

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; POWER PLANTS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 78049340634     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/PVP2008-61239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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