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S&M2661 Research Paper https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2021.3463 Published: August 24, 2021 Examination of Inspection Method for Outer-side Defect on Ferromagnetic Steel Tube by Velocity Effect Using Insertion-type Static Magnetic Field Sensor [PDF] Makoto Tohara, Masafumi Kuromizu, and Yuji Gotoh (Received June 15, 2021; Accepted July 24, 2021) Keywords: ferromagnetic steel tube, outer-side defect, static magnetic field, eddy current, 3D nonlinear FEM
When an insertion-type magnetic sensor using only a static magnetic field is moved in a steel
tube at a high speed, an eddy current is generated in the steel. When there is a defect in the steel
tube, it is possible to detect the defect from the change in the distribution of the eddy current in
the tube. Generally, ferromagnetic heat transfer tubes in power plants or oil plants are inspected
for defects by moving an internally inserted electromagnetic sensor at a high speed of about
1 m/s. In this study, an inspection method is proposed in which an insertion-type electromagnetic
sensor using only a static magnetic field is moved at a high speed in a steel tube to detect an
outer-side defect in the tube. The eddy current density and alternating flux density inside the
steel tube generated by constant velocity movement of the static magnetic field are determined
by 3D nonlinear finite element method (FEM) analysis of the eddy current by a step-by-step
method. In addition, a verification experiment is also conducted.
Corresponding author: Makoto ToharaThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Makoto Tohara, Masafumi Kuromizu, and Yuji Gotoh, Examination of Inspection Method for Outer-side Defect on Ferromagnetic Steel Tube by Velocity Effect Using Insertion-type Static Magnetic Field Sensor, Sens. Mater., Vol. 33, No. 8, 2021, p. 2867-2877. |