Fast magnetic flux leakage signal inversion for the reconstruction of arbitrary defect profiles in steel using finite elements

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 506-516

  Priewald, Robin H ^a   Magele, Christian ^b   Ledger, Paul D ^a   Pearson, Neil R ^c   Mason, John S D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Silverwing UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrary defect reconstruction; finite element method (FEM); inverse problem; magnetic flux leakage (MFL); non destructive testing (NDT); steel corrosion sizing

Indexed keywords

DEFECT GEOMETRY; DEFECT RECONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; GAUSS-NEWTON OPTIMIZATION; JACOBIANS; MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE; MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE SIGNAL; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NONLINEAR FORWARD MODEL; OIL STORAGE TANK; RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS; STEEL PLATES; SYSTEM MATRICES;

DEFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; OIL TANKS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 84871838259     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2012.2208119     Document Type: Article

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