Eddy currents probe design for NDT applications: A review

MA Machado - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Eddy current testing (ECT) is a crucial non-destructive testing (NDT) technique extensively
used across various industries to detect surface and sub-surface defects in conductive …

Optimal design of remote field eddy current testing probe for ferromagnetic pipeline inspection

S She, Y Chen, Y He, X Zou - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Remote field eddy current (RFEC) nondestructive testing has its unique advantages in
defect detection of metal pipelines, such as being unaffected by skin effect and material …

Differential ECT probe design and investigation for detection of rolling contact fatigue cracks with different orientations

X Li, G Tian, K Li, H Wang, Q Zhang - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Eddy current testing (ECT) is widely applied to detect surface defects on metallic materials.
In ECT for cracks on complex curved surfaces, immunity to lift-off and the detection ability of …

Simultaneous carbon fiber layer thickness and direction measurement and identification using a novel eddy current sensor and simplified multi-scale 1D-ResNet …

S She, X Zheng, X Zou, K Yu, J Shen, F Wu, W Yin - Measurement, 2025 - Elsevier
A novel eddy current sensor, featuring a triangular excitation coil and three rectangular
receiving coils, is proposed for simultaneously detecting carbon fiber layer thickness and …

Measurement of conductivity and diameter of metallic rods using eddy current testing

P Huang, J Long, J Jia, K Liu, X Yu, L Xu, Y Xie - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
The conductivity and radius are significant parameters for metallic rods, which are
associated with metal composition, hardness and microstructure. Accurate conductivity and …

Flexible differential butterfly-shape eddy current array sensor for defect detection of screw thread

S She, Y Liu, S Zhang, Y Wen, Z Zhou… - IEEE Sensors …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Eddy current testing (ECT), is a non-destructive method widely applied in detecting defects
of metal plates based on the principle of electromagnetic induction. The flexible eddy current …

A novel eddy current method for defect detection immune to lift-off

P Huang, H Pu, J Li, Y Ding, W Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Eddy current (EC) sensors have been applied to detect defects for many years. Since both
defects and the lift-off variation will lead to measurement signal fluctuation, it is necessary to …

Eddy current sensor with multiple spatial degrees of freedom for concentrating magnetic fields

G Wang, Y Zhong, Q Xiao, Q Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of the Koch curve fractal geometry provides valuable ideas for the
structural design of sensor. Conventional eddy current sensor (CECS) cannot effectively …

Identification of crack orientation in electrically conductive materials using eddy current testing powered by rotational directive filter

W Matsunaga, X Xu, K Mizukami, Y Mizutani… - NDT & E …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, we developed a method to identify crack orientation in carbon fiber reinforced
thermoplastic (CFRTP) by controlling its electromagnetic field using a rotational directive …

Inspection of defects depth for stainless-steel sheets using four-coil excitation sensor and deep learning

S She, X Zheng, T Meng, K Yu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The detection of lift-off variation presents a significant challenge in many eddy current testing
(ECT) applications, where it is often considered an undesirable signal. To address this …