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A method is presented to evaluate flaw signals in eddy current NDE using the finite element technique. The analysis of the electromagnetic field is based on a three-dimensional finite element scheme that computes directly the electromagnetic field distortions due to defects. This direct field-distortion calculation together with an accurate unflawed field calculation provides accurate total field values in general three-dimensional geometries. The paper shows that the application of the reaction concept and the reciprocity theory allows computations of the probe responses by performing integrals over the flaw region only, even if the analysis is performed by a finite element scheme. Two benchmark problems—a plate with rectangular slot scanned by a differential probe and a tube with axial and circumferential slots scanned by an absolute probe—have been solved to demonstrate the validity and the efficiency of the method. The calculated probe responses show good agreement with the measured trajectories. In order to reach better quantitative agreement, a calibration algorithm that adjusts the parameters of the cylindrical coil model and the lift-off within the range of the geometrical tolerances has been developed.
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Badics, Z., Matsumoto, Y., Aoki, K. et al. Accurate probe-response calculation in eddy current NDE by finite element method. J Nondestruct Eval 14, 181–192 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00730888
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