Stress influence to eddy current control of cracked aeronautical material

Abstract

Eddy current testing is widely used for non-destructive evaluation of conductive materials where an induced current created by a variable magnetic field propagate on the material surface and sensed by a special sensor. The main purpose of this paper is to study the influence of the stress field near the crack tip especially in the singular and elaborated zones of aeronautical material aluminium 7075-T6 to eddy current non-destructive testing enhanced with a very particular type of probe to have better stresses sensitivity. This experimental part understands impedance variations due to the stress with high measurement reliability and shows that eddy current control is very sensitive to the stress and produces significant changes in magnetic parameters that mean stress should be considered in mechanical parts inspection.