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Validation of a Coil Impedance Model for Simultaneous Measurement of Electromagnetic Properties and Inner Diameter of a Conductive Tube

In eddy-current nondestructive testing of conductive tubes, such as oil-well casings, measured tube wall thickness and inner diameter must be compensated for variations of electromagnetic properties of a tube material-magnetic permeability and electrical conductivity. Commercial systems for eddy-current nondestructive testing of oil-well casings incorporate multiple coils and multifrequency excitation for measurement of inner diameter and the electromagnetic properties. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of the electromagnetic properties and inner diameter measurement with only one coil excited at one frequency. We have derived a coil impedance model and developed an inversion procedure for determination of the tube properties. Measurements have been performed on several tubes made of different materials. In order to validate the model and the optimization algorithm, measurement results were compared with the predictions of the model and finite element analysis. Applicability of the method has been confirmed for investigated frequency range (1kHz to 50kHz).

coils; impedance; modeling; magnetic permeability; electrical conductivity; tube inner diameter; eddy currents; inverse problems

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