Article
Application of Optimization Methods to Crack Profile Inversion Using Eddy Currents
AIP Conference Proceedings
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Publication Date
1-1-2003
DOI
10.1063/1.1570210
Abstract
A numerical scheme for finding crack shapes from eddy current measurements has been developed based on a startdard iterative inversion approach in which a nonlinear least squares objective function quantifying the overall difference between predictions and measurements is minimized. In this paper, steepest descent and conjugate‐gradient methods for minimizing the objective function are investigated and compared. Cramér‐Rao lower bounds on the crack parameters are derived to quantify the accuracy of the estimated crack shape. Cramér‐Rao bounds are also used to indicate improvements in the design of eddy‐current nondestructive evaluation systems.
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American Institute of Physics
Copyright Date
2003
Language
en
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Citation Information
John R. Bowler, Wei Zhang and Aleksandar Dogandžić. "Application of Optimization Methods to Crack Profile Inversion Using Eddy Currents" AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 657 (2003) p. 742 - 749 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleksandar_dogandzic/26/
The following article appeared in AIP Conference Proceedings 657 (2003): 742 and may be found at doi:10.1063/1.1570210.