Pulsed eddy current testing of carbon steel pipes' wall-thinning through insulation and cladding

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-224

  Cheng, Weiying ^a  

^a Japan Power Engineering and Inspection Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMR sensor; Analytical solution; Magnetic field measurement; Pulsed eddy current testing; Wall thinning

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AMR SENSORS; AXISYMMETRIC; DECAY COEFFICIENTS; DIFFERENTIAL DETECTORS; EXCITATION COILS; EXCITATION CURRENTS; EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PULSED EDDY CURRENT TESTING; TEST DATA; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS; UNSHIELDED ENVIRONMENT; WALL THICKNESS; WALL-THINNING;

CARBON STEEL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SENSORS; STEEL PIPE;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84865267989     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: 15734862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10921-012-0137-9     Document Type: Article

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