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Electromagnetic Testing

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from this it can be seen that depth of penetration:<br />

1. Decreases with an increase in frequency<br />

2. Decreases with an increase in conductivity<br />

3. Decreases with an increase in permeability: this can be very significant penetration into ferrous materials at<br />

practical frequencies is very small.<br />

δ<br />

δ<br />

The graph above shows the effect of frequency on standard depth of penetration.<br />

It is also common to talk about the "effective depth of penetration" usually defined as three times the standard<br />

depth, where eddy current density has fallen to around 3% (5%?) of its surface value. This is the depth at<br />

which there is considered to be no influence on the eddy current field.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

http://www.eng.morgan.edu/~hubert/IEGR470/eddycurrent.html

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