Papers on the Remote Field Through Wall Inspection Technique

*** D.L. Atherton and S. Sullivan. (Dec. 1986) "The Remote-Field Through-Wall Electromagnetic Inspection Technique for Pressure Tubes", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 44, No. 13, 1544-1550.

** D.L. Atherton, B. Szpunar and S. Sullivan. (1986) "Finite Element Calculations for the Remote Field Through Wall Eddy Current Inspection Tool for Nuclear Reactor Pressure Tubes", Proc. Workshop on Electromagnetic Field Computation, Schenectady October 20-21, Vol. 1, D31-D35.

* D.L. Atherton, B. Szpunar and S. Sullivan. (Sept. 1987) "The Application of Finite Element Calculations to the Remote Field Inspection Technique", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 45, No. 9, 1083-1086.

*** D.L. Atherton, S. Sullivan and M. Daly. (Jan. 1988) "A Remote Field Eddy Current Tool for Inspecting Nuclear Reactor Pressure Tubes", British J. Non-Destructive Testing, Vol. 30, No. 1, 22-28.

*** T. R. Schmidt, D. L. Atherton and S. Sullivan. (1988) "Experience with the Remote Field Eddy Current Technique", Pro. 3rd Nat. Sem. on Nondestructive Evaluation of Ferromagnetic Materials, Houston, March 23-25th.

** S.P. Sullivan. (Oct. 1988) "A Description of the Remote Field Eddy Current Effect in Metallic Tubes", PhD. Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston.

** S. Sullivan and D.L. Atherton. (Jan. 1989) "Analysis of the Remote Field Eddy Current Effect in Non-Magnetic Tubes", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 47, No. 1. 80-86.

*** T. R. Schmidt, D. L. Atherton and S. Sullivan. (Jan. 1989) "The Use of One Dimensional Skin Effect Equations for Predicting Remote Field Characteristics Including Wall Thickness-Frequency Requirements" Materials Evaluation, Vol. 47, No. 1, 76-79.

** C.J. Toal. (Jan. 1989) "Investigation of the Remote Field Eddy Current Technique in Large Diameter Steel Pipeline", MSc. Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston.

*** S. Sullivan, D. L. Atherton and T. R. Schmidt. (Aug. 1989) "Comparison of conventional, through-wall and remote field eddy current techniques", NDT Int., Vol. 22, No. 4, 203-206.

** D. L. Atherton, C. J. Toal and T. R. Schmidt. (Sept. 1989) "Investigations of the Remote Field Eddy Current Technique in Large Diameter Pipeline", British J. Non-Destructive Testing, Vol 31, No. 9, 485-488.

*** T. R. Schmidt, D. L. Atherton and S. Sullivan. (Sept. 1989), "The Remote Field Transition Zone", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 47 No. 9, 969-979.

** D. L. Atherton, W. Czura and T. R. Schmidt. (Sept. 1989) "Finite Element Calculations for Shields in Remote-Field Eddy Current Tools", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 47 No. 9, 1084-1088.

** S. Sullivan and D. L. Atherton. (Oct. 1989) "The Effect of an External Tube on the Remote Field Eddy Current Effect", British J. Non-Destructive Testing, Vol 31, No. 10, 547-550.

*** D.L. Atherton, W. Czura, T.R. Schmidt, S. Sullivan and C. Toal. (1989) "Use of Magnetically-Saturated Regions in Remote Field Eddy Current Tools", J. Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 8, No. 1, 37-43.

*** S. Sullivan, D.L. Atherton and T.R. Schmidt. (Feb. 1990) "Comparing a One-Dimensional Skin Effect Equation with Through Transmission Eddy Current Phenomena", British J. NDT, Vol. 32, No. 2, 71-75.

** O. Klink. (Aug. 1990) "Investigation of the Remote Field Eddy Current Technique in a 508mm 2% Mn Steel Pipeline", MSc. Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston.

* D.L. Atherton, W. Czura and D.A. Lowther. (Sept 1990) "Open Boundary Finite Element Calculations for Remote Field Eddy Current Systems", IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, Vol. 26, No. 5.

*** D.L. Atherton, O. Klink and T.R. Schmidt. (Mar. 1991) "Remote-Field Eddy Current Responses to Axial and Circumferential Slots in Ferromagnetic Pipe", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 49, No. 3, 356-360.< P> *** D.L. Atherton and W. Czura. (Sept. 1991) "Finite Element Calculations for Remote Field Eddy Current Inspection Tools" Electrosoft, Vol. 2, No. 2/3, 157-174.

*** D.L. Atherton and W. Czura. (1991) "Finite Element Poynting Vector Calculations for Remote Field Eddy Current Inspection of Tubes with Circumferential Slots", IEEE Trans on Magnetics, Vol. 27, No. 5, 3920-3922.

** D.L. Atherton, T.R. Schmidt, T. Svendson and E. von Rosen. (Jan. 1992) "Effects of Remote Field Exciter Coil Tilt and Eccentricity in a Steel Pipe", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 50, No.1, 44-50.

** J.M.S. Dubois, D.L. Atherton and T.R. Schmidt. (May 1992) "Remote Field Transition Zone Results in Steel Pipe", British J. NonDestructive Testing, Vol. 34, No. 5, 227-234.

** Y.S. Sun, M.X. Qu, J.T. Si, C.T. Lu, X.Y. Zhou and D.L. Atherton. (May 1992)"Improvements in Remote-Field Eddy Current Probe Structure", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 50, No. 5, 600-604.

** Y.S. Sun, H.Y. Lin, M.J. Chen, C.D. Wang, X.B. Wu, D.L. Atherton and T.R. Schmidt. (1992) "Finite Element Modelling and Physics of Remote Field Eddy Current Responses for Axially Aligned Cracks", IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, Vol. 28, No. 4, 1941-1947.

** J.M.S. Dubois, D.L. Atherton and T.R. Schmidt. (1992) "Defect Detection in the Remote Field Eddy Current Transition Zone", Proc. ASNT Spring conference, Mar 30 - April 3, Orlando, Fla.

** E.J.A. von Rosen. (May 1992) "The Effects of Exciter Coil Misalignement and Shielding on the Remote Feidl Eddy Current Effect", MSc. Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston.

** J.M.S. Dubois. (Aug. 1992) "Remote Field Eddy Current Transition Zone", PhD Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston.

** J.M.S. Dubois, D.L. Atherton, W. Czura and T.R. Schmidt. (Aug. 1992) "Circumferential Groove Defect Characterization in the Remote Field Eddy Current Transition Zone", British J. NonDestructive Testing, Vol. 34, No. 8, 401-406.

** D.D. Mackintosh. (Nov. 1992) "Inspecting Small Bore Ferromagnetic Tubes Using the Remote Field Eddy Current Technique" MSc. Thesis, Queen's University, Kingston.

B.J. Mergelas, D.L. Atherton and T.R. Schmidt. (1992) "The Phantom Exciter: An Investigation of Remote Field Slit Defect Interactions", Proc. ASNT Fall Conference, Nov. 16 - 20, Chicago.

** E. von Rosen and D.L. Atherton. (Jan. 1993) "Effect of Shielding and Exciter Coil Tilt on the Remote-Field Effect", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 51, No. 1, 66-71.

*** D.D. Mackintosh, D.L. Atherton and S.P. Sullivan. (April 1993) "Remote-Field Eddy Current Signal Analysis in Small-Bore Ferromagnetic Tubes", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 51, No. 4, 492-495.

B.J. Mergelas, D.L. Atherton and T.R. Schmidt. (1993) "The Phantom Exciter: A Study of Remote Field Defect Interactions", Proc. ASNT Spring Conference, Mar. 29 - Apr. 2, Nashville.

*** D.D. Mackintosh, D.L. Atherton and P.A. Puhach. (June 1993) "Through-Transmission Equations for Remote-Field Eddy Current Inspection of Small-Bore Ferromagnetic Tubes", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 51, No. 6, 744-748.

**** D.L. Atherton, D.D. Mackintosh, S.P. Sullivan, J.M.S. Dubois and T.R. Schmidt. (July 1993) "Remote Field Eddy Current Signal Representation", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 51, No. 7, 782-789.

*** D.L. Atherton and W. Czura. (Spring 1993) "Remote Field Eddy Current Technique: Phantom Exciter Model Calculations", Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 5, No. 2, 123-134.

*** B.J. Mergelas and D.L. Atherton. (Oct. 1993) "The Phantom Exciter: High Resolution Measurements of RFEC Slit Defect Interactions", British J. Non-Destructive Testing, Vol. 35, No. 10, 568-572.

** B.J. Mergelas and D.L. Atherton. (1993) "A new way of Examining RFEC slit defect interactions", Proc. ASNT Fall Conference, Nov. 8 - 12, Long Beach.

*** D.L. Atherton, P. Frey and X. Guo. (Jan. 1994) "Remote Field Slit Defect Responses", British J. Non-Destructive Testing, Vol. 36, No. 1, 4-7.

*** D.L. Atherton and W. Czura. (Jan. 1994) "Finite Element Calculations for Eddy Current Interactions with Collinear Slots", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 52, No. 1, 96-100.

*** B. Mergelas and D.L. Atherton. (1994) "Using Anomalous Source Models to Predict Defect Response in Electromagnetic Testing", Proc. ASNT Fall Conference, Sept 19 -23, Atlanta.

** S. Smith. (Nov. 1994) "Alternating Current Interaction with slits in Large Diameter Pipes", M.Sc. Thesis, Queen's University.

* D.L. Atherton, W. Czura and D.D. Mackintosh. (Nov. 1994) "Remote Field Eddy Current Defect Interactions: Effects on the External Field", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 52, No. 11, 1288-1291.

* B.J. Mergelas and D.L. Atherton. (1994) "Using a Circumferential Field Coil to Better Understand Electromagnetic Slit Defect Interactions", Proc. ASNT Spring Conference, March 21-25, New Orleans.

** B.J. Mergelas, D.L. Atherton and A. Shadat. (1995) "Anomalous models of defect interactions in electromagnetic testing", Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14A, 331-338, Eds D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti, Plenum, New York.

** B.J. Mergelas. (Jan. 1995) "Defect Interaction and Anomalous Source Models in Remote Field Eddy Current and Through Transmission Testing", Ph.D. Thesis, Queen's University.

** J.C. Winslow. (Feb. 1995) "High Resolution Detectors for Remote Field Eddy Current Probes", M.Sc. Thesis, Queen's University.

*** B. Ma and D.L. Atherton. (1995) "Anomalous Magnetic Source Defect Modelling", Res. Nondestr. Eval., Vol. 7 No. 1, 1-12.

*** D.L. Atherton. (Nov. 1995) "Remote Field Eddy Current Inspection", IEEE Trans. on Magnetics Vol. 31, No. 1, 4142-4147.

*** B.J. Mergelas and D.L. Atherton (Oct. 1995), "Relating remote field eddy current signals to anomalous source models", Insight (British J. Non-Destructive Testing), Vol. 37, No. 10, 792-797.

*** D.D. Mackintosh, D.L. Atherton, T.R. Schmidt and D.E. Russell. (June 1996)" Field ExperienceUsing Remote Field Eddy Current for Examination of Ferromagentic Tubes", Materials Evaluation,Vol. 54, No. 6, 652-657.

** S. Smith and D.L. Atherton. (1996)" Longitudinal AC Interactions with Axial Slits in SteelPipes", Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 7, No. 4, 203-214.

** J. Sutherland and D.L. Atherton. (Jan. 1997)" Effects of Bending Stresses and Tube Curvatureon Remote Field Eddy Current Signals", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 55, No. 1, 85-89.

*** D.L. Atherton, L. Clapham, W. Czura, S. Leonard, B.J. Mergelas and Y. Zhang. (Dec. 1996)" Finite-Element Calculations of Remote Field Eddy Current Interactions with Slit Defects", Research inNondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 8, No. 4, 199-231.

** D.D. Mackintosh and D.L. Atherton. (1997)" Evaluation of Superimposed Flaws Using the Remote Field Eddy Current Technique", Proc. 1997 ASNT Spring Conf., Houston, Mar 17-21.

** A. Shatat and D.L. Atherton. (Mar. 1997)" Remote Field Eddy Current Inspection of SupportPlate Fretting Wear", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 55, No. 3, 361-366.

** D.L. Atherton, T.R. Schmidt, D.Russell, D. Macintosh and J.Winslow (1997), "Remote Field Eddy Current Inspection Probes for Tubes", Proc. ASNAT International Chemical and Petroleum Industry Inspection Technology Topical Conference, June 16-19, Houston.

*** A. Shatat and D.L. Atherton (January 1998), "The Tube-to-Tube Through-Transmission Eddy Current Technique", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 56, No. 1, 90-93.

** D. Macintosh, H. Nguyen, A. Shatat, D. Russell, D.L Atherton and X. Kong (1998), "The new Tube-to-Tube Through-Transmission Technique for NDE of Heat Exchanger Tubing", Proc, 5th EPRI Balance-of-Plant Heat Exchanger NDE Symp, 15-17 June, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

** Y. Zhang, Y. Yu and D.L. Atherton (June 1998), "Stress Corrosion Cracks: Through-Wall Transmission Measurements in 510mm Steel Pipe", Insight, Vol. 40, No. 5, 346-351.

** X. Kong, Aug. 1998, "Inspecting and Characterizing Defects in Finned Ferromagnetic Heat Exchanger Tubes Using Tube to Tube Through Transmission Technique", M.Sc. Thesis, Queen's University.

** B.J.Mergelas and D.L. Atherton, "In-line Electromagnetic Inspection of PCCP", Proc. Pipelines in the Constructed Environment, San Diego, 23-27 August, 1998.

*** Y. Zhang and D.L. Atherton, 1998, " Finite-Element Analysis for Remote Field Eddy Current Responses from Near- and Farside Cracks", Res. Nondestr. Eval., Vol. 10, No. 3, 163-169.

*** D. Mackintosh, H. Nguyen, D. Russell, A. Shatat and D.L. Atherton, "The New Tube-to Tube Through Transmission Technique for Corrosion Examination of Tubing", Proc. ASNT Fall Conf., Nashville, 19-23 October 1998.

** J.K. Yi and D.L. Atherton, June 1998, "Remote Field Gap Evaluation for Nuclear Fuel Channel Tubes", Materials Evaluation, Vol. 56, No. 6, 771-773.

*** T.R. Schmidt and D.L. Atherton, Nov. 1998, "Understanding Remote Field Logs (Part 1), Materials Evaluation, Vol. 56, No. 11, 1276-1285.

*** T.R. Schmidt and D.L. Atherton, Dec. 1998, "Understanding Remote Field Logs (Part 2), Materials Evaluation, Vol. 56, No. 12, 1356-1362.

*** X. Kong and D.L. Atherton, 1999, "Inspecting finned heat exchanger tubes using tube-to-tube through transmission", Insight, Vol. 41, No. 2, 96-99.

** J-K Yi and D.L. Atherton, "RFEC inspection for coaxial CANDU fuel channel tubes", Proc. 15th Internat. Conf. on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Seol, Korea 15-20 Aug, 1999.

** D. Humphrey, 1999, "Equivalent circuit model of a prestressed concrete pressure pipe", MSc thesis, Queen's University, Kingston.

*** B. Mergelas, D. Atherton and K. Morton, " Inspection of Prestressing windings in Concrete Pressure Pipe", Proc. Corrosion '99, NACE International's 54th Ann. Conf. San Diego, 25-30 April, 1999.

** D.L. Atherton, K.J. Morton, B.J. Mergelas and X. Kong, 2000, “Inspection of Prestressed Concrete Pressure Pipe”, Review of Quantitative Evaluation, Eds D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti, American Inst. of Phys., Melville, New York, Vol. 19B, 1709-1715.

*** D.L. Atherton, K. Morton and B.J. Mergelas, July 2000, “Detecting breaks in prestressing wire”, J. AWWA., Vol. 92, No. 7, 50-56.

*** B. Mergelas, X. Kong and D.L. Atherton, “NDE Inspection of of PCPP using RFEC/TC’, Proc. Pipelines 2001, ed. J.P. Castronovo, Int. Conf., San Diego, 15-18 July, 2001.

** B. Mergelas and D.L. Atherton, “Managing the Risk in Operating PCPP Pipelines’, Proc. Pipelines 2001, ed. J.P. Castronovo, Int. Conf., San Diego, 15-18 July, 2001.

** D.L. Atherton, B.J. Mergelas and S. Shatat, “Inspection of prestressed concrete pressure pipe in water supply lines”, First Middle East Nondestructive Testing Conference, Bahrain, 24-26 Sept. 2001.

** C.L. Elliott, B.J. Mergelas, J. Sutherland, D.L. Atherton Y. Bernier an d M. Durand, “Inspection of 36" and 48" lined cylinder pipe for the city of Montreal using RFFEC/TC”, No-Dig 2002, N. American Soc. for Trenchless Technology, April 28-May 1, Montreal.

** A. May and D.L. Atherton, Feb. 2002, “Multi-frequency electromagnetic inspection of pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe”, Insight Vol. 44, No. 2, 84.