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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2009
Sushant Madhukul Dutta, Houston, TX (US);
Fathi Hassan Ghorbel, Pearland, TX (US);
Sushant Madhukul Dutta, Houston, TX (US);
Fathi Hassan Ghorbel, Pearland, TX (US);
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising obtaining a pipe profile comprising a diameter, a nominal thickness, and a material, receiving a magnetic flux leakage (MFL) indication for a pipe associated with the pipe profile, and determining a wall thickness for the pipe using the pipe profile and the MFL indication. Also disclosed is a method comprising modeling an apparatus comprising a magnet configured to induce a magnetic field in a pipe, and determining a wall thickness measurement (WTM) for the pipe using a model of the apparatus and the pipe, a detected MFL signal, and a simulated MFL signal.
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