Computer programs for eddy-current defect studies

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7072003· OSTI ID:7072003

Pate, J. R.; Dodd, C. V. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

Several computer programs to aid in the design of eddy-current tests and probes have been written. The programs, written in Fortran, deal in various ways with the response to defects exhibited by four types of probes: the pancake probe, the reflection probe, the circumferential boreside probe, and the circumferential encircling probe. Programs are included which calculate the impedance or voltage change in a coil due to a defect, which calculate and plot the defect sensitivity factor of a coil, and which invert calculated or experimental readings to obtain the size of a defect. The theory upon which the programs are based is the Burrows point defect theory, and thus the calculations of the programs will be more accurate for small defects. 6 refs., 21 figs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: NRC
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7072003
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-5553; ORNL/TM--11505; ON: TI90013306
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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