• DocumentCode
    1226477
  • Title

    Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Probe Signal Calculation in Eddy Current NDT by Complementary Formulations

  • Author

    Bensetti, M. ; Choua, Y. ; Santandrea, L. ; Bihan, Y. Le ; Marchand, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Supelec, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie-P6, Gif-sur-Yvette
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1646
  • Lastpage
    1649
  • Abstract
    A local error estimation and adaptive meshing method for finite element analysis in eddy current nondestructive testing problems is proposed. Two dual formulations using Whitney elements have been applied to solve the magnetodynamic problem. By using this property of complementary, different error estimators were defined and were studied. These estimators are used for determining the mesh refinement zones. Numerical evaluations are given at the end of the paper, where the procedure of the adaptive meshing is presented and validated.
  • Keywords
    eddy current testing; error analysis; magnetohydrodynamics; mesh generation; Whitney elements; adaptive mesh refinement; eddy current nondestructive testing; error estimation; finite element analysis; magnetodynamic problem; probe signal calculation; Adaptive mesh; eddy current testing; error estimators; finite element method;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2007.916159
  • Filename
    4526803