Eddy-current testing by flexible microloop magnetic sensor array
| Autor: | Kenzo Miya, Mitsuru Uesaka, K. Hakuta, K. Aoki, A. Takahashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
business.industry Acoustics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Magnetic field law.invention Nuclear magnetic resonance Electrical discharge machining Sensor array Electromagnetic coil law Eddy-current testing Nondestructive testing Eddy current Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Electrical conductor |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 34:2287-2297 |
| ISSN: | 0018-9464 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/20.703868 |
| Popis: | A flexible microloop magnetic sensor array has been developed for nondestructive evaluation in nuclear power plants and its fundamental characteristics have been investigated. A flexible micro-eddy current testing (micro-ECT) probe consists of a pancake-type exciting coil of the diameter of 3.2 /spl mu/m and a flexible microloop magnetic sensor array with an area of 14/spl times/14 mm/sup 2/ and a thickness of 125 /spl mu/m. The array has 16 microloop sensors made of copper formed on a flexible polyimide film by sophisticated photolithography. Each coil has 40 turns (8 /spl mu/m line and 8 /spl mu/m space) within an area of 2/spl times/2 mm/sup 2/. The flexible sensor array enables the micro-ECT probe to be applied to an arbitrary geometric configuration. The purpose of this work is to detect and reconstruct flaws in conductive tubing of a steam generator in a pressurized nuclear power reactor by using the flexible micro-ECT probe with higher spatial resolution than that of a conventional ECT probe. The spatial resolution of flaw detection was 3 mm and the detectability of an outer 20% flaw made by electric discharge machining was confirmed. The reconstruction of circumferential and axial flaws using the electromotive force and phase measured with the sensor array is described. Three-dimensional eddy current and magnetic field analysis was also performed for comparison with measured data. Finally, a design study of a practical and robust micro-ECT for a realistic tube configuration with respect to detectability was carried out. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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