VIC-3D® Version 4.3.9 includes a number of significant
features, such as:
- Anisotropic Workpieces:
- VIC-3D® can simulate the effects of anisotropic materials.
- Ferrite-core probes in planar geometry:
- VIC-3D® can model many new probes with ferrite cores
and encasements. Probes need not be axisymmetric. VIC-3D®
uses a general three-dimensional model. Probes include:
- Probes with a ferrite core
- Probes with a ferrite core and shield
- Probes with a ferrite core, shield, and cap
- Split-core differential probes
- Transmit-receive probes with a ferrite core, shield, and cap
- Rotated and Non-Circular coils in planar geometry:
- VIC-3D® can model probes which use rotated or
non-circular coils, which allows for highly accurate probe definitions.
- Probe Wobble in planar geometry:
- VIC-3D® can simulate probe wobble and probe rotations
relative to the workpiece.
- Spiral Coils in planar geometry:
- VIC-3D® can simulate spiral coils and other high-frequency
non-solenoidal probes.
- Cylindrical geometries:
- VIC-3D® can model inspections of tubes and other test
pieces with cylindrical geometries. Probes include:
- Bobbin probes
- Differential bobbin probes
- Remote-field eddy-current probes
- Transmit-Receive air-core probes in either geometry:
- VIC-3D® can model a vast array of transmit-receive
probe configurations, including "necklace" arrays, that are being
developed for steam-generator inspection.
- Flaw Models:
- VIC-3D® has a sophisticated solid-modeling capability
that allows one to quickly simulate a variety of complex flaw shapes,
including IGSCC and flaws with ligaments. Flaws in planar workpieces can span any number of workpiece layers.
- Axi-symmetric flaws:
- VIC-3D® will model internal or external rings in tubes
and other axi-symmetric flaws in cylindrical test pieces.
- Tube supports:
- VIC-3D® models inspections of tubes in regions near
tube supports. A general axisymmetric model allows a very flexible
description of the tube support region, including the presence of
magnetite.
- Transition regions:
- VIC-3D® will model the response of probes in regions of
a tube where the diameter shrinks or expands. VIC-3D® even
permits the modeling of sludge build-up around the transition region.
- Post-processing
- VIC-3D® has a great new feature: the open-ended
post-processing facility. The user can design any filter that he or she
desires, using any combination of any data. In addition, the plotting
package is more powerful and easier to use.
- Inverse modeling:
- VIC-3D® can be used as the "analysis engine" for inversion algorithms, that
reconstruct images of flaws from impedance measurements. It can be
used in the same manner to characterize materials and layered-media.