Eddy-current induced thermography - Probability of detection study of small fatigue cracks in steel, titanium and nickel-based superalloy

NDT and E International

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-56

  Weekes, Ben ^a   Almond, Darryl P ^a   Cawley, Peter ^b   Barden, Tim ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; Induction; Infrared thermography; Probability of detection (POD)

Indexed keywords

CRACK LENGTH; DETECTABILITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; FATIGUE CRACKS; INDUCTION; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; LOG-NORMAL; NICKEL- BASED SUPERALLOYS; OUT-OF-PLANE; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION; SENSITIVE METHOD; SMALL FATIGUE CRACKS; THERMOGRAPHIC METHOD; WASPALOY;

CRACK DETECTION; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; EDDY CURRENTS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUPERALLOYS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TITANIUM;

CRACKS;

EID: 84860157449     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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