Calculations of the effects of anisotropy on magnetic flux leakage detector signals

Author

Leonard, S. ; Atherton, D.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada

Volume

32

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1905

Lastpage

1909

Abstract

Oil and gas pipelines are inspected for corrosion using magnetic flux leakage (MFL) inspection tools. It has been found that varying line pressure, bending or residual stresses cause changes in the MFL signals. Changes in the amplitude are thought to be due to stress-induced changes in the bulk magnetic anisotropy or preferred easy axis of the steel pipe wall. This suggestion is supported by results presented here of finite element calculations of the effects of changes in anisotropy on MFL signal amplitudes

Keywords

corrosion testing; finite element analysis; induced anisotropy (magnetic); inspection; internal stresses; magnetic leakage; MFL detector signals; bending stresses; corrosion inspection; easy axis; finite element analysis; gas pipelines; line pressure; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic flux leakage; oil pipelines; residual stresses; steel pipe wall; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Corrosion; Finite element methods; Inspection; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic flux leakage; Petroleum; Pipelines; Residual stresses; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.492885

Filename

492885