Eddy current Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)
Mingyang Lu
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Research Scientist II
mingylu@iastate.edu
(515) 294-3653
Real-Time Eddy Current Analytical Solutions
- Rapid and real-time analytical solutions for the simulation of the interaction between various eddy current (EC) sensors and samples with various geometries
Real-Time characterization of material properties
- Inversion of thickness, conductivity, permeability, depth of surface crack defects, porosity density, near-surface defects of metals and CFRPs, etc., based on EC inversion algorithms
Finite-Element Eddy Current Solver
- Customized solver for the simulation of different EC inspection scenarios
- Commercial FEM model for various probe types
Embedded inversion algorithms for Eddy Current Instrument
- Customized EM EC instrument and algorithms for the imaging and sizing of surface or near-surface defects
- Multi-frequency channel instrument and inversion algorithms for the evaluation of materials’ properties
Eddy Current inspection for additive manufacturing
- Measurement of laser powder size, powder density, powder properties, and powder distributions (streak) imaging, particularly for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)
