Eddy-Current Modeling of a Continous Conductivity Profile Resulting From a Diffusion Process

This paper deals with the modelization of eddy-current measurements over combustion turbine blade coatings affected by depletion of aluminum. First, we model the response of an eddy-current coil over a layered metallic structure with a top over-aluminized coating by extending the analytical Uzal-Rose's model for one hyperbolic tangent conductivity profile to a conductivity profile using two hyperbolic tangents for taking inward and outward depletion of aluminum inside the coating into account. Results obtained with this model are similar to those obtained with a numerical multilayer model but with a reduced computing time.