GMR-based ECT instrument for detection and characterization of crack on a planar specimen: A hand-held solution

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-512

  Betta, Giovanni ^a   Ferrigno, Luigi ^a   Laracca, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eddy current testing (ECT); giant magnetoresistance (GMR); nondestructive testing (NDT); probe; sensor; signal processing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION FIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; GMR SENSORS; KEY FEATURE; LOW COSTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT); PROCESSING UNITS;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; INSTRUMENT TESTING; INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MATERIALS TESTING; PROBES; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EID: 84855456992     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2161923     Document Type: Article

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