Defect characterisation based on pulsed eddy current imaging technique

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-7

  He, Yunze ^a   Luo, Feilu ^a   Pan, Mengchun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

C scan; Defect characterisation; Imaging technique; Pulsed eddy current; Rectangular exciting coil; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING METHOD; C-SCAN; C-SCAN IMAGES; CHARACTERISATION; COMPLEX DEFECTS; CORROSION TYPES; DE-NOISE; DEFECT CHARACTERISATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHODS; EXCITING COIL; EXCITING CURRENTS; MAGNETIC INDUCTION; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATIONS; PICK-UP COILS; PULSED EDDY CURRENT; RISING TIME; TWO DIRECTIONS;

CORROSION; EDDY CURRENTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SURFACE DEFECTS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 78249276152     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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