Eddy current inspection of steam generator tubes near support plates with trefoil and quatrefoil-shaped holes: A hybrid volume integral - Finite elements approach

Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 26-33

  Skarlatos, Anastassios ^a   Gilles Pascaud, Catherine ^a   Pichenot, Grégoire ^a   Cattiaux, Gérard ^b   Sollier, Thierry ^b  

^a CEA LIST   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Finite Elements Method; Hybrid Approach; Tube Support Plates; Volume Integral Method

Indexed keywords

EDDY-CURRENT INSPECTION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE-ELEMENTS METHOD; HYBRID APPROACH; MODELING APPROACH; STEAM GENERATOR TUBE; SUPPORT PLATES; TUBE SUPPORTS; VOLUME INTEGRAL METHOD; VOLUME INTEGRALS;

EDDY CURRENT TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STEAM GENERATORS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84865406902     PISSN: 13837281     EISSN: 18798322     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-554-9-26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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