Download or read book Nondestructive Evaluation Using a Reduced Order Computational Methodology written by Michele L. Joyner and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper uses eddy current based techniques and reduced order modeling to explore the feasibility of detecting a subsurface damage in structures such as air foils and pipelines. To identify the geometry of a damage, an optimization algorithm is employed which requires solving the forward problem numerous times. To implement these methods in a practical setting, the forward algorithm must be solved with extremely fast and accurate solution methods. Therefore, our computational methods are based on the reduced order Karhunen-Loeve or Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) techniques. For proof-of-concept, we implement the methodology on a 2-D problem and find the methods to be efficient and robust even with data containing 10% relative noise. Furthermore, the methods are fast; our findings suggest we can reduce the computational time on average by a factor of 3000.