Design of a Phased Array EMAT for Inspection Applications in Liquid Sodium

This article describes the development of a French CEA in-house phased array Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) adapted to hot and opaque sodium environment for in-service inspection of Sodium Fast Reactors. The work presented herein aimed at improving in-service inspection techniques for t...

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Autores principales: Pucci, Laura, Raillon, Raphaële, Taupin, Laura, Baqué, François
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6833017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31618838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19204460
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description This article describes the development of a French CEA in-house phased array Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) adapted to hot and opaque sodium environment for in-service inspection of Sodium Fast Reactors. The work presented herein aimed at improving in-service inspection techniques for the ASTRID reactor project. The design process of the phased array EMAT is explained and followed by a review of laboratory experimental test results.
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spelling pubmed-68330172019-11-25 Design of a Phased Array EMAT for Inspection Applications in Liquid Sodium Pucci, Laura Raillon, Raphaële Taupin, Laura Baqué, François Sensors (Basel) Article This article describes the development of a French CEA in-house phased array Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) adapted to hot and opaque sodium environment for in-service inspection of Sodium Fast Reactors. The work presented herein aimed at improving in-service inspection techniques for the ASTRID reactor project. The design process of the phased array EMAT is explained and followed by a review of laboratory experimental test results. MDPI 2019-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6833017/ /pubmed/31618838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19204460 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6833017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31618838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19204460
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