Eddy current technique applied to the nondestructive evaluation of turbine blade wall thickness

Yann Le Bihan; Pierre-Yves Joubert; Dominique Placko

doi:10.1117/12.385028

5 May 2000 Eddy current technique applied to the nondestructive evaluation of turbine blade wall thickness

Yann Le Bihan, Pierre-Yves Joubert, Dominique Placko

Proceedings Volume 3994, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware IV; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385028
Event: SPIE's 5th Annual International Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring of Aging Infrastructure, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The high pressure turbine blades of jet engines show internal channels designed for air cooling. These recesses define the internal walls (partitions) and external walls of the blade. The external wall thickness is a critical parameter which has to be systematically checked in order to ensure the blade strength. The thickness evaluation is usually lead by ultrasonic technique or by X-ray tomography. Nevertheless, both techniques present some drawbacks related to measurement speed and automation capability. These drawbacks are bypassed by the eddy current (EC) technique, well known for its robustness and reliability. However, the wall thickness evaluation is made difficult because of the complexity of the blade geometry. In particular, some disturbances appear in the thickness evaluation because of the partitions, which exclude the use of classical EC probes such as cup-core probe. In this paper, we show the main advantages of probes creating an uniformly oriented magnetic field in order to reduce the partition disturbances. Furthermore, we propose a measurement process allowing to separate the wall thickness parameter from the EC signals. Finally, we present some experimental results validating the proposed technique.

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Yann Le Bihan, Pierre-Yves Joubert, and Dominique Placko "Eddy current technique applied to the nondestructive evaluation of turbine blade wall thickness", Proc. SPIE 3994, Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware IV, (5 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385028

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