A differential planar eddy currents probe: Fundamentals, modeling and experimental evaluation

NDT and E International

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-93

  Rosado, Luis S ^a,b,c   Santos, Telmo G ^d   Ramos, Pedro M ^a,b   Vilaça, Pedro ^a,e   Piedade, Moisés ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^c INESC ID   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Differential probe; Eddy currents; Friction Stir Welding; Non destructive testing; Planar probe

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL OPERATION; DIFFERENTIAL PROBES; EDDY CURRENT PROBES; EDDY CURRENTS PROBE; ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FRICTION STIR WELDING JOINTS; METALLIC PART; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS;

DEFECTS; EDDY CURRENTS; FRICTION STIR WELDING; GAS WELDING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

PROBES;

EID: 84866025804     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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