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The inverse problem of electromagnetic (EM) non‐destructive testing (NdT) consists of reconstructing material defect parameters invoking EM field measurements. Uncertainties of the configuration (e.g. imprecise constitutive and geometrical parameters) are inevitably present; hence, the reconstructed defect parameters are also uncertain. In this study, the different sources of uncertainty are ranked by means of sensitivity analysis. The model‐based inversion (involving EM simulation) is computationally demanding; moreover, sensitivity analysis usually requires a vast number of repeated runs of the inversion. To overcome the computational complexity, surrogate models are applied at different levels. Interpolation on a sparse grid is used as a surrogate model of the EM simulation. The sensitivity of the reconstructed defect parameters concerning configuration uncertainties is characterised by means of Sobol indices. The Sobol indices are obtained from a polynomial chaos expansion surrogate model of the entire inversion scheme. A numerical example drawn from eddy‐current NdT is thoroughly analysed to illustrate the proposed methodology and to demonstrate its performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The inverse problems of electromagnetic nondestructive testing are often solved via the solution of several forward problems. For the latter, precise numerical simulators are available in most of the cases, but the associated computational cost is usually high. Surrogate models (or metamodels)—which are getting more and more widespread in electromagnetics—might be promising alternatives to heavy simulations. Traditionally, such surrogates are used to replace the forward model. However, in this paper the direct use of surrogate models for the solution of inverse problems is studied and illustrated via eddy-current testing examples. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Magnetic flux simulations were utilized in a novel magnetic measurement method performed for the detection of local thinning of ferromagnetic plates. It was shown by numerical simulation, how parameters affect detectability of the defects. Linear relationship was found between the evaluated parameters and size of the artificial slot. Good correlation was found between theoretical and experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]