<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents an approach to estimate the orientation of the rectangular defect in the ferromagnetic specimen using the magnetic flux leakage technique. Three components of the magnetic flux leakage profile, such as radial, axial, and tangential component are considered to estimate the orientation of the rectangular defect. The orientation of the rectangular defect is estimated by the proposed analytical model using MATLAB software. The results calculated by the analytical model are validated by the three-dimensional finite element analysis using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Tangential component provides better performance to estimate the orientation of the rectangular defect compared with radial and axial component of the magnetic flux leakage profile.</p></abstract>

This paper presents an approach to estimate the orientation of the rectangular defect in the ferromagnetic specimen using the magnetic flux leakage technique. Three components of the magnetic flux leakage profile, such as radial, axial, and tangential component are considered to estimate the orientation of the rectangular defect. The orientation of the rectangular defect is estimated by the proposed analytical model using MATLAB software. The results calculated by the analytical model are validated by the three-dimensional finite element analysis using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Tangential component provides better performance to estimate the orientation of the rectangular defect compared with radial and axial component of the magnetic flux leakage profile.

Theoretical Analysis of the Rectangular Defect Orientation using Magnetic Flux Leakage

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

VEL TECH Dr. RR & Dr. SR Technical University

National Engineering College, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Department

Measurement Science Review

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This paper presents an approach to estimate the orientation of the rectangular defect in the ferromagnetic specimen using the magnetic flux leakage technique....

Theoretical Analysis of the Rectangular Defect Orientation using Magnetic Flux Leakage

Publicado en línea: 07 mar 2018

Páginas: 28 - 34

Recibido: 16 nov 2017

Aceptado: 15 feb 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2018-0005

Palabras clave
Magnetic flux leakage, orientation of the defect, radial component, axial component, tangential component, finite element analysis

© 2018 J. Sam Alaric et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Theoretical Analysis of the Rectangular Defect Orientation using Magnetic Flux Leakage

Publicado en línea: 07 mar 2018

Páginas: 28 - 34

Recibido: 16 nov 2017

Aceptado: 15 feb 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2018-0005

Palabras claveMagnetic flux leakage, orientation of the defect, radial component, axial component, tangential component, finite element analysis

© 2018 J. Sam Alaric et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Magnetic flux leakage, orientation of the defect, radial component, axial component, tangential component, finite element analysis