Electromagnetic Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Fault Diagnosis & Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 92
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electromagnetic non-destructive testing and evaluation; forward modelling and inversion for defect reconstruction; microwave reflectometry for imaging, characterisation and evaluation of structural defects; 3D magnetic field sensing and gradient field measurement; image/signal processing and feature extraction techniques
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Interests: electromagnetic nondestructive testing and quantitative evaluation; electromagnetic scattering property measurement and imaging diagnostics; electromagnetic scattering/inverse scattering solving; microwave scattering/inverse scattering imaging; microwave sensor design; signal and image processing
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Dear Colleagues,
Due to the need to avoid structural failure and incidents, the safety of engineering structures has received much attention worldwide. There is high demand for non-destructive approaches to monitoring, inspecting and evaluating the integrity of mechanical structures, such as oil/gas pipelines, fuel tanks, and aero-engines, during their fabrication/construction and in-service operations before catastrophic accidents occur.
Hitherto, electromagnetic non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) techniques, such as eddy current testing and magnetic flux leakage testing, have been used in the detection, characterisation and assessment of critical flaws (Stress Corrosion Cracks, Flow-Accelerated Corrosion, Liquid Droplet Impingement Erosion, etc.), which threaten structural integrity. However, as none of these techniques are universal, none be considered skeleton keys for the NDT&E of in-service structures. In view of this, more and more advanced electromagnetic non-destructive testing methods have been proposed that are complementary to current techniques.
We invite researchers to contribute reviews and original articles focusing on electromagnetic non-destructive testing and the evaluation of critical components and structures in engineering fields, including aerospace, energy, chemical and transportation engineering. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Electromagnetic non-destructive testing and evaluation;
- Eddy current testing;
- Eddy current thermography;
- Electromagnetic acoustic transduction;
- Microwave and millimetre-wave testing;
- Magnetism-based testing (Barkhausen noise analysis, Magnetic incremental permeability, Magnetic memory testing, etc.);
- Electromagnetic field sensing;
- Forward and inverse modelling of electromagnetic non-destructive testing;
- Defect imaging, assessment and reconstruction;
- Defect characterisation and identification;
- Material characterisation and classification.
Prof. Dr. Yong Li
Dr. Yang Fang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electromagnetic non-destructive testing
- eddy current testing
- magnetic flux leakage testing
- eddy current thermography
- electromagnetic acoustic transduction
- microwave and millimetre-wave testing
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