TY - JOUR A1 - Reimund, Verena A1 - Blome, Mark A1 - Pelkner, Matthias A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc T1 - Fast defect parameter estimation based on magnetic flux leakage measurements with GMR sensors N2 - We present a fast inverse scheme that is capable of simultaneously estimating the parameters depth, opening and length for rectangular 3D geometries of surface-breaking defects. The parameter estimation is realized by an iterative least-squares minimization using the trust-region reflective algorithm. A semi-analytic magnetic dipole model that allows the sensor characteristics to be incorporated is used for predicting the stray magnetic fields. Giant magneto-resistance (GMR) measurements were carried out on a test specimen that includes a series of artificial defects. For the estimation of the defect depths relative errors between 0.6% and 15.9% have been obtained. Due to its very low computational costs, the inverse scheme can suitably be employed in automated production environments. KW - Magnetic flux leakage KW - GMR sensor KW - Nonlinear least-squares optimization PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3233/JAE-2011-1391 SN - 1383-5416 SN - 0925-2096 VL - 37 IS - 2-3 SP - 199 EP - 205 PB - IOS Press CY - Amsterdam, The Netherlands AN - OPUS4-24637 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Pelkner, Matthias A1 - Neubauer, Andreas A1 - Blome, Mark A1 - Reimund, Verena A1 - Thomas, Hans-Martin A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc ED - Chady, T. ED - Gratkowski, S. ED - Takagi, T. ED - Udpa, S.S. T1 - Flux leakage measurements for defect characterization using NDT adapted GMR sensors N2 - High-precision magnetic field sensors are of increasing interest in non destructive testing (NDT). In particular GMR-sensors (giant magneto resistance) are qualified because of their high sensitivity, high signal-to-noise ratio and high spatial resolution. We performed magnetic flux leakage measurements of artificial cracks with a GMR-gradiometer and a 3-axes GMR-magnetometer. Cracks of a depth of 44 μm still could be detected with a sufficient high signal-to-noise ratio. A semi-analytic magnetic dipole model was used for swiftly predicting magnetic stray fields. The reliable reconstruction based on measurements of artificial rectangular-shaped defects is demonstrated. KW - GMR KW - NDT KW - Magnetic flux leakage KW - Reconstruction PY - 2011 SN - 978-1-60750-749-9 SN - 1383-7281 N1 - Serientitel: Studies in applied electromagnetics and mechanics – Series title: Studies in applied electromagnetics and mechanics VL - 35 SP - 217 EP - 224 PB - IOS Press CY - Amsterdam, The Netherlands AN - OPUS4-25374 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -