Evaluation of Loose Assemblies Using a Multi-frequency Eddy Current Method and Artificial Neural Networks
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Abstract
The paper deals with the non-destructive evaluation of the airgap existing between parts in loose metallic assemblies, using the eddy current (EC) method. In this study, the relationship between the variations of the impedance of a ferrite-cored coil sensor and an assembly featuring two aluminum plates is analyzed. Then artificial neural networks, based on a statistical learning of the relationship between a sensor and an assembly are proposed and developed using both simulated and measured multi-frequency EC data, so as to estimate the distance between the assembly parts in a range from 0 µm to 500 µm. For the neural network built on experiment data, the inaccuracy of obtained results is smaller than 1.06%.
Keywords
non-destructive evaluation, eddy currents, normalized impedance distance, multilayer feed-forward neural network
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