This paper presents a technique to automatically detect third-layer cracks at rivet sites in aircraft structures using the response signals collected by giant magneto-resistive (GMR) sensors. The inspection system uses pulsed waveform as the excitation source of a multi-line coil and captures the transient fields associated with the induced eddy currents via a GMR sensor, which was developed to detect cracking and corrosion in multi-layer aircraft structures. An automatic scan of the region around the rivet generates C-scan image data that can be processed to detect cracks under the rivet head. Using a 2-D image of each rivet head, feature extraction and classification schemes based on principal component analysis and the k-means algorithm have been successfully developed to detect cracks of varying size located in the third layers at a depth of up to 10 mm below the surface.


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    Title :

    Classification of pulsed eddy current GMR data on aircraft structures


    Additional title:

    Klassifikation von Wirbelstromimpuls-GMR-Daten an Luftfahrtstrukturen


    Contributors:
    Kim, Jaejoon (author) / Yang, Guang (author) / Udpa, Lalita (author) / Udpa, Satish (author)

    Published in:

    NDT&E International ; 43 , 2 ; 141-144


    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 16 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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