Abstract:Aimed at the problem that crack is very hard to be evaluated quantitatively in the riveted structure at aircraft fuselage, pulsed remote field eddy current testing technology is used to detect the crack of riveted structure. The cracks quantitative evaluation in riveted structures are studied by utilizing the advantages rich in the pulsed spectrum components and more information. Firstly, a threedimensional model of remote field eddy current riveted structure is established to detect crack so as to get crack position. Then, the influence of crack type and size on detection signal is analyzed and the classification of surface and subsurface cracks is realized according to the different relation between direct coupling component and crack depth. Finally, the quantitative detection of crack depth is realized by zero cross time changes. Under the premise of knowing crack depth, direct coupling component amplitude and indirect coupling component amplitude are used for quantitative evaluation of the crack length on surface and subsurface respectively.