Large Area Instant Crack Detection and Identification Using Magnetic Carpet Probe

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Abstract:

Over the years, engine reliability has improved steadily as technology advances. Working in partnership, government and industry have agreed to use enhanced inspections for certain high-energy rotating engine components. Magnetic Carpet Probe MCP is one among these efforts. MCP is a two-dimensional coil array built on a piece of very thin, smaller or equal to 0.015 0.38 mm, flexible printed circuit board called Flex Circuit. Placing an MCP on top of a metallic surface under inspection one can finish the inspection, without moving anything, and see the crack identification image on the instrument screen in a few second. Actually a two-dimensional scan is going on electromagnetically within the MCP.

Author(s):
Sun, Yushi ; Ouyang, Tianhe
Author Organization(s):
INNOVATIVE MATERIALS TESTINGS TECHNOLOGIES INC AMES IA
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Supplementary Note:
Presented at the Joint FAA/DoD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft (9th) held in Atlanta, Georgia on 6-9 March 2006. The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0011

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
XD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.2_Wireless Transmission; JCA_8_Building Partnerships
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Air Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*CRACKS, *ELECTRONIC SCANNERS, *NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION, *NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING, PROTOTYPES, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, FLEXIBLE MATERIALS, AGING(MATERIALS), AIRCRAFT, SYMPOSIA, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Magnetic and Electric Field Detection and Detectors
Keyword(s):
ELECTROMAGNETIC COILS, COIL ARRAYS
Report Date:
2006 Apr 01
Creation Date:
2009 Nov 04