A Fast Eddy-current Non Destructive Testing Finite Element Solver in Steam Generator

TL;DR

This paper introduces a high-performance finite element method for rapid eddy-current non-destructive testing simulations in steam generators, effectively handling large 3D data sets with parallel computing.

Contribution

It presents a novel efficient finite element solver tailored for large-scale 3D eddy-current simulations in industrial NDT applications.

Findings

Significant speed-up in simulation times

Effective handling of large 3D data sets

Good efficiency with parallel computing

Abstract

In this paper we present an advanced numerical method to simulate a real life challenging industrial problem that consists of the non-destructive testing in steam generators. We develop a finite element technique that handles the big data numerical set of systems arising when a discretization of the eddy-current equation in three dimensional space is made. Using a high performance technique, our method becomes fully efficient. We provide numerical simulations using the software Freefem++ which has a powerful tool to handle finite element method and parallel computing. We show that our technique speeds up the simulation with a good efficiency factor.