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Development of an EMAT in-line inspection system for detection, discrimination, and grading of stress corrosion cracking in pipelines

Aron et al., 2005

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11534149965491878624
Author
Aron J
Jia J
Vance B
Chang W
Pohler R
Gore J
Eaton S
Bowles A
Jarman T
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This report describes prototypes, measurements, and results for a project to develop a prototype pipeline in-line inspection (ILI) tool that uses electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) to detect and grade stress corrosion cracking (SCC). The introduction briefly …
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