ABSTRACT

IntheshapemeterthatwasdevelopedbyKobeSteel,Japan[31],noncontactinductive(eddy-current) sensorsmeasurethedisplacementsofstripY.Ifthestripshapecanbeapproximatedbyasinusoidal waveshape,thenthedisplacementscanbedescribedbythefollowingequation:

H sin(

where Hwaveheight Lwavelength vstripvelocity ttime.