Z. Badics et al., FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING OF CONDUCTING SHELLS FOR EDDY-CURRENT NDE PROBLEMS USING IMPEDANCE-TYPE INTERFACE CONDITIONS, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 33(2), 1997, pp. 1334-1337
A 3D finite element scheme is developed to calculate eddy current prob
e responses (impedance or induced emf changes of coils) due to conduct
ing shells in eddy current NDE (nondestructive evaluation) problems. T
hese problems are related to the eddy current inspection of copper and
magnetite deposit zones of steam generator tubing in PWR atomic power
plants. The finite element scheme uses impedance interface conditions
to model the deposit shells and calculates the probe responses by per
forming integrals over the shell surfaces, thereby ensuring high accur
acy even if the probe signal is very small, Two benchmark arrangements
are investigated. One, which has an analytical solution, is a conduct
ing thin plate,vith an impedance probe. The other is a stainless steel
tube with a copper shell attached to its outer surface and scanned by
a transmitter-receiver probe. In both problems, the calculated probe
responses show good agreement with the analytical and experimental dat
a.