Eddy Current Pulsed Thermography with Different Excitation Configurations for Metallic Material and Defect Characterization

Autor: Gui Yun Tian, Yunlai Gao, Kongjing Li, Yizhe Wang, Bin Gao, Yunze He
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 16, Iss 6, p 843 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s16060843
Popis: This paper reviews recent developments of eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) for material characterization and nondestructive evaluation (NDE). Due to the fact that line-coil-based ECPT, with the limitation of non-uniform heating and a restricted view, is not suitable for complex geometry structures evaluation, Helmholtz coils and ferrite-yoke-based excitation configurations of ECPT are proposed and compared. Simulations and experiments of new ECPT configurations considering the multi-physical-phenomenon of hysteresis losses, stray losses, and eddy current heating in conjunction with uniform induction magnetic field have been conducted and implemented for ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic materials. These configurations of ECPT for metallic material and defect characterization are discussed and compared with conventional line-coil configuration. The results indicate that the proposed ECPT excitation configurations can be applied for different shapes of samples such as turbine blade edges and rail tracks.
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