Design of an oil pipe inner surface inspection system

2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 29-32

  Bouchalkha, Abdellatif ^a   Hamad, Mohammed Sabri ^a   Al Beloushi, Khaled ^a   Al Qayedi, Mana ^a   Al Hammadi, Khalid ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

acoustic applications; crack detection; inspection; Nondestructive testing; pipelines

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; ACOUSTIC APPLICATION; INNER SURFACE INSPECTION; INNER SURFACES; MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NOVEL METHODS; OIL PIPELINES; OIL PIPES; STEEL PIPELINE; ULTRASOUND WAVES;

CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; INSPECTION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIPELINES; STEEL TESTING; SURFACE TESTING;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 79958017734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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