Nondestructive Test Probe
- Published
- 1996.
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document
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- Under the Aircraft Structural Integrity program, Langley Research Center invented a device to detect fatigue cracks in aluminum alloy plates. Krautkramer Branson obtained an exclusive license and commercialized a hand-held device, the "CrackFinder," an electromagnetic probe for nondestructive evaluation, used to scan aircraft skins for surface breaks. The technology involves an eddy current, which is an electrical current induced by an alternating magnetic field. The CrackFinder also employs an innovative self-nulling feature, where the device automatically recalibrates to zero so that each flaw detected produces a reading. Compared to conventional testing systems, the CrackFinder is affordable, small, simple to use, and needs no calibration.
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- Collection
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note
- Document ID: 20020079164.
Spinoff 1996; 68; NASA/NP-1996-10-222-HQ. - Terms of Use and Reproduction
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