Design of a pulsed eddy current sensor for detection of defects in aircraft lap-joints

被引:138
作者
Sophian, A
Tian, GY [1 ]
Taylor, D
Rudlin, J
机构
[1] Univ Huddersfield, Sch Engn, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, W Yorkshire, England
[2] TWI, Struct Integr Dept, Cambridge CB1 6AL, England
关键词
pulsed eddy current (PEC) sensor; transient response; magnetic sensor; feature extraction; digital compensation; aircraft NDT;
D O I
10.1016/S0924-4247(02)00195-4
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper presents a new type of pulsed eddy current (PEC) sensor that has been designed for defect detection in aircraft lap-joint structures. The sensor employs a new excitation circuit that requires no additional signal amplification and the paper also reports compensation techniques that improve the sensing resolution and stability. A new hybrid feature of the peak value in time domain and the maximum frequency magnitude in frequency domain has been investigated. A test rig has been built and some results from aircraft samples are presented. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:92 / 98
页数:7
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