Swarm Optimization for Imaging of Corrosion by Impedance Measurements in Eddy Current Test

Author

Cacciola, M. ; Calcagno, S. ; Morabito, F.C. ; Versaci, M.

Author_Institution

Universita Mediterranea, Calabria

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

2007

fDate

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1853

Lastpage

1856

Abstract

Eddy current techniques for nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT/NDE) of conducting materials is one of most application-oriented field of research within electromagnetics. In this paper, quantitative NDE of corrosion in metallic plates is considered. The inspection method exploits impedance measurements to determine the material loss profile caused by corrosion. Considering the corrosion shape as a function of impedance measurements, it has to be minimized in order to obtain the corrosion profile. In particular, swarm intelligence, characterized by evolutionary computation, has been exploited for the purpose. The proposed approach has been compared with results known in scientific literature both for performances and time consuming, with encouraging results

Keywords

conducting materials; corrosion; eddy current testing; particle swarm optimisation; plates (structures); conducting materials; corrosion imaging; eddy current test; electromagnetics; impedance measurements; material loss profile; nondestructive evaluation; nondestructive testing; swarm intelligence; swarm optimization; Conducting materials; Corrosion; Eddy current testing; Eddy currents; Electromagnetic fields; Impedance measurement; Inspection; Nondestructive testing; Particle swarm optimization; Shape measurement; Corrosion profile reconstruction; eddy current; swarm intelligence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2007.892513

Filename

4137680