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Method for generating the eddy current signature of a flaw in a tube proximate a contiguous member which obscures the flaw signal

US4194149A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1977
Grant dateMar 18, 1980
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Expiry dateDec 15, 1997

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N27/9046
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for deriving the eddy current signature of a flaw in a tube proximate a contiguous member which is obscured in the composite signature of the flaw and contiguous member by subtracting from the composite signature a reference eddy current signature generated by a facsimile of the tube and contiguous member.

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