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Low‐Frequency Perturbation Theory In Eddy‐Current Non‐Destructive Evaluation, Nicola Harfield, Y. Yoshida, John R. Bowler

Nicola Bowler

A method is presented by which series solutions for the impedance change in an eddy‐current test probe due to closed cracks in a non‐magnetic, conducting half‐space can be derived at low frequency. The series solution is applicable for flaws whose dimensions are much smaller than the electromagnetic skin‐depth. The problem is formulated using an approach in which the flaw is represented by an equivalent distribution of current dipoles. The electric field scattered by the flaw is then written as an integral, over the flaw, of the product of the dipole density distribution and an appropriate Green’s function. Terms in the …