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Eddy Current Sensors and Applications

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 868

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Department of Physics and Space Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada
Interests: eddy current testing; multi-frequency eddy current testing; pulsed eddy current; remote field eddy current; probability of detection; ultrasonic testing

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Department of Physics and Space Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada
Interests: eddy current testing; multi-frequency eddy current testing; pulsed eddy current; remote field eddy current; probability of detection; ultrasonic testing

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Dear Colleagues,

Non-destructive testing (NDT) uses techniques to measure component and structure properties without affecting their condition. The application of eddy current testing in NDT has seen significant advancement over the past decade with the introduction of novel sensors, including new coil designs, magnetic field sensors, and the development of techniques such as pulsed eddy current, low-frequency eddy current, and multi-frequency signal analysis. These developments have been accompanied by advances in signal analysis using multivariate techniques, such as principal components analysis, and the application of machine learning tools, including the application of deep neural networks. Modeling of electromagnetic sensor response has been used to gain insight into the parameters that affect inspection outcomes, optimize the desired response for target parameters, and develop inverse models to simultaneously extract multiple inspection parameters. This Special Issue of Sensors highlights some of these recent advances in eddy current sensor technologies and methods.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Krause
Dr. Peter Ross Underhill
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • non-destructive testing
  • eddy current testing
  • multi-frequency eddy current
  • pulsed eddy current
  • low frequency eddy current
  • remote field eddy current
  • eddy current array
  • inverse methods
  • mulit-parameter extraction
  • eddy current modelling
  • machion learning for eddy current signal analysis

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LC Resonant-Based Method for Permeability Interference Suppression in Magnetized Pipeline Eddy Current Testing
by Lin Su, Yuxuan Li, Tong Cao, Shengping Li and Jie Zhang
Sensors 2026, 26(2), 680; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26020680 - 20 Jan 2026
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In the eddy current testing (ECT) of magnetized ferromagnetic pipelines, permeability perturbations near defects cause magnetic distortion that primarily modulates the imaginary part of the ECT sensor’s impedance, leading to confusion between inner and outer wall defect signals. To address this interference, this [...] Read more.
In the eddy current testing (ECT) of magnetized ferromagnetic pipelines, permeability perturbations near defects cause magnetic distortion that primarily modulates the imaginary part of the ECT sensor’s impedance, leading to confusion between inner and outer wall defect signals. To address this interference, this study thoroughly analyzes the modulation mechanism of permeability changes on impedance and investigates the feasibility of detecting solely the real part to enhance discrimination reliability. This understanding leads to the proposal of a solution employing an LC resonant circuit, capitalizing on its characteristic of zero imaginary part impedance at the resonant frequency, to effectively suppress the permeability-related signal interference. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach: the magnetization response test confirms the insensitivity of the LC sensor to permeability perturbations, and the defect discrimination experiment shows that the sensor achieves a standard deviation ratio of 2.25 and a peak-to-peak ratio of 4.42 between inner and outer wall defect signals. The findings indicate that the LC resonant sensor can reliably distinguish between inner and outer wall defects through simple amplitude thresholding, thereby improving the reliability of inspections for magnetized pipelines in industrial applications. Full article
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