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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited/énergie Atomique Du Canada Limitée, Chalk River, CA;
Mark Stephen Luloff, Chalk River, CA;
Molly Zaugg, Chalk River, CA;
Steven Hogg, Chalk River, CA;
Jia Lei, Chalk River, CA;
ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED/ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE DU CANADA LIMITÉE, Chalk River, CA;
Abstract
A non-destructive method for determining at least one of a cover depth and a cross- sectional area of at least a first ferrous rebar that is within a non-magnetic can include the steps of: a) establishing an electromagnetic circuit comprising the first ferrous rebar, an electromagnetic coupler, a first transmitter and a first receiver; b) introducing a first pulsed electromagnetic interrogation signal along the electromagnetic circuit; c) receiving a response electromagnetic signal having first magnitude that is induced in the first ferrous rebar and generating a corresponding response electrical signal; d) determining at least one of the cover depth and the cross-sectional area of the first ferrous rebar based on time information and the voltage information and generate a corresponding first output signal using a response signal processor; e) providing a first user output based on the output signal using a user output module.