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Automation of Electric Current Injection NDE by Neural Networks
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Barbosa, Carlos R. Hall Bruno, Antonio Chiesa Vellasco, Marley M. B. R. Pacheco, Marco Aurélio Cavalcanti Camerini, Cláudio |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Abstract | The Electric Current Injection (ECI) method of nondestructive evaluation is applied to materials that are electrically conductive but not magnetically permeable, as aluminum, magnesium, and titanium. It consists of detecting current-flow anomalies due to voids, nonmetallic inclusions and open cracks in the sample, through distortions introduced in the magnetic field generated by the plate [1]. We have applied an ECI method, with low dc current levels, to aluminum plates with circular voids in the millimeter range. These plates have already been measured with a SQUID magnetometer, with large lift-off distances [2], being necessary the use of image enhancement techniques, in order to improve the visual detection of the flaws [3]. In this paper a small lift-off distance was used, so it was possible to detect the associated magnetic field with a fluxgate magnetometer without further processing. It is proposed a method for the automation of magnetic signal analysis using Time-Delay Neural Networks (TDNN), which exempts the need of a trained technician, necessary to most of the usual NDE methods. In this method a TDNN is trained to dynamically scan the magnetic signals, automatically locating the voids and classifying their diameters. Next section depicts the experimental setup, and presents some of the magnetic signals obtained. After that, the neural network used to detect and classify the defects are explained, and the results of this technique are shown. |
| Starting Page | 789 |
| Ending Page | 795 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4615-5947-4_103 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3554&context=qnde&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5947-4_103 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
