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Theoretical Predictions of Perturbed Magnetic Flux Density Components Due to Narrow Flaws in ECT


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This work proposes a semianalytical technique based on the boundary element method (BEM) to predict the signals due to flaws (cracks) that are typically encountered in ed...Show More

Abstract:

This work proposes a semianalytical technique based on the boundary element method (BEM) to predict the signals due to flaws (cracks) that are typically encountered in eddy current (ECT) nondestructive testing (NDT). Two case studies, for two different narrow opening notches in a finite thickness aluminum plate, were performed by experimental measurements to corroborate the theoretical model. The signal which has been modeled is the perturbation in the magnetic flux density (MFD) components B_{x} , B_{y} , and B_{z} due to narrow opening flaws. The proposed analytical model uses the magnetic vector potential (MVP), arising from electric dipole sources, to determine the voltage induced in a hypothetical small circular loop located around the evaluation point. Based on the linear relationship between the voltage induced and the magnetic flux in the surface enclosed by the hypothetical loop, a linearity constant that transforms the induced voltage to the MFD component has been computed. Appropriate vector potential Green’s functions have been used to transform the electric dipole sources to the MVP components to determine the voltage induced in the hypothetical loop.
Article Sequence Number: 6005507
Date of Publication: 17 May 2023

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