The detection of defects in aerospace structures with non-destructive techniques is an important requirement for quality checks not only
during production phase but mainly during in-service maintenance operations. Visual inspection allows only the analysis of surface characteristics of
materials. A deeper analysis is required for the characterisation of the widest defects types such as subsurface corrosion or cracks. For aerospace
structures inspection, two different methods are mainly used: eddy current and ultrasonic testing. The first method is based on the induction of
currents in the electrically conducting material to be tested. The perturbations of the eddy-current flow path due to physical, structural or metallurgical
inhomogeneities are detected either using coils or magnetic
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