Affiliation:
1. Department of Electromagnetic and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, Univerzitna 8215/1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia
Abstract
The article discusses the practical application of the method of electromagnetic non-destructive investigation of austenitic materials. To identify and evaluate deep artificial defects, the sweep-frequency eddy current method with harmonic excitation is used. The objects of interest are the surface electric-discharged machined notches, with a defined geometry, fabricated in a plate with a thickness of 30 mm. An innovative eddy current probe with a separate excitation and detection circuit is used for the investigation. The achieved results clearly demonstrate the robustness and potential of the method, especially for deep defects in thick material. By using the fifth probe in connection with the frequency sweeping of eddy currents, it is possible to reliably detect artificial defects up to 24 ± 0.5 mm deep by using low-frequency excitation signals. An important fact is that the measuring probe does not have to be placed directly above the examined defect. The experimental results achieved are presented and discussed in this paper. The conducted study can serve, for example, as an input database of defect signals with a defined geometry to increase the convergence of learning networks and for the prediction of the geometry of real (fatigue and stress-corrosion) defects.
Funder
Slovak Research and Development Agency
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry
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