Detection of surface cracks in metals using microwave and millimeter-wave nondestructive testing techniques—A review

MA Abou-Khousa, MSU Rahman… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrity assessment of metallic structures requires inspection tools capable of detecting and
evaluating cracks reliably. To this end, many microwave and millimeter-wave nondestructive …

NB-FCN: Real-time accurate crack detection in inspection videos using deep fully convolutional network and parametric data fusion

FC Chen, MR Jahanshahi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the safe operations of nuclear power plants, it is important to inspect the reactor internal
components frequently. However, current practice involves human technicians who review …

Wideband nondestructive measurement of complex permittivity and permeability using coupled coaxial probes

MH Hosseini, H Heidar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A nondestructive measurement system for simultaneous measurement of complex
permittivity and complex permeability of planar materials over a wide frequency bandwidth is …

Smooth nonnegative matrix factorization for defect detection using microwave nondestructive testing and evaluation

B Gao, H Zhang, WL Woo, GY Tian… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the interpolation issue of current spectral estimation methods in
microwave-based nondestructive testing and evaluation. We developed a spatial-frequency …

On the crack characteristic signal from an open-ended coaxial probe

KM Donnell, A McClanahan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Detection of surface-breaking cracks in metals is an important issue in many industries (eg,
transportation, aerospace, nuclear). Commonly, eddy current and ultrasonic techniques are …

Detection of surface cracks in metals using time‐domain microwave non‐destructive testing technique

A Mirala, R Sarraf Shirazi - IET Microwaves, Antennas & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study theoretically investigates the application of ultra‐wideband (UWB) signals in
crack detection as a microwave non‐destructive testing technique which is well developed …

Efficient analysis of shielding effectiveness of metallic rectangular enclosures using unconditionally stable time-domain integral equations

H Karami, R Moini, SHH Sadeghi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an efficient modeling technique for transient electromagnetic analysis
of a rectangular metallic enclosure with multiple apertures, using the surface equivalent …

Characterization of high-frequency dielectric laminates using a scanning-probe based on EBG structure

R Yadav, PN Patel - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an electromagnetic bandgap inspired scanning-probe sensor and its
measurement platform is presented for the characterization of high-frequency dielectric …

Experimental and numerical inspection of cracks in ferrule cracking of BK1 cement crusher

S Chorfi, F Kamel, N Brahim - Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2023 - fracturae.com
This article defines the main actions planned in the procedure of non-destructive testing and
analysis of defects in the BK1 industrial mill of the cement plant of the GICA group. One of …

An Efficient Method for Output Prediction of an Array Waveguide Probe When Scanning a Surface-Breaking Crack in a Metal

I Ahanian, SHH Sadeghi - Sensing and Imaging, 2024 - Springer
The use of array probes in non-destructive inspection of materials and components offers
several advantages over conventional single-element probe testing method, including faster …