What is Civa?
August 18, 2006 on 4:21 pm | In Technology, CIVA |CIVA is simulation software developed specifically for nondestructive testing applications. Both ultrasonic and eddy-current inspections can be simulated. The high-performance and versatile software is the culmination of more than ten years development. For ultrasonic applications, CIVA can simulate the acoustic beam radiated by any kind of transducer (e.g., conventional and phased-array probes, used in contact or immersion). CIVA can also simulate wave/defect interactions for most geometries (canonical as well as complex shapes) and most materials (isotropic/anisotropic, homogeneous/heterogeneous, and more). CIVA is a versatile tool that can be used to design/verify/optimize inspection procedures, to design/specify/optimize probes, and to perform sensitivity and parametric studies. CIVA is also a powerful training tool.
What can CIVA do?
CIVA makes it possible to understand and visualize the acoustic field radiated by any probe (conventional or phased-array). CIVA is used to design probes that are optimal for one or more applications, to optimize inspection strategies, to verify inspection parameters, and to help in the analysis of results. Using the wave/defect interaction toolbox, it is possible to quantify the response to expected defects, and different inspection strategies can be compared with regard to detection and sizing capability.
CIVA is also a tremendous help in understanding what are often complex signals. The modeling takes into account mode conversion, and identifies the response associated with each mode. The compatibility between CIVA and our files makes it easy to compare measurements and simultation results — our files can be read using CIVA and vice versa.
More information can be found on the CIVA website.
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What is Civa?
August 18, 2006 on 4:21 pm | In Technology, CIVA |CIVA is simulation software developed specifically for nondestructive testing applications. Both ultrasonic and eddy-current inspections can be simulated. The high-performance and versatile software is the culmination of more than ten years development. For ultrasonic applications, CIVA can simulate the acoustic beam radiated by any kind of transducer (e.g., conventional and phased-array probes, used in contact or immersion). CIVA can also simulate wave/defect interactions for most geometries (canonical as well as complex shapes) and most materials (isotropic/anisotropic, homogeneous/heterogeneous, and more). CIVA is a versatile tool that can be used to design/verify/optimize inspection procedures, to design/specify/optimize probes, and to perform sensitivity and parametric studies. CIVA is also a powerful training tool.
What can CIVA do?
CIVA makes it possible to understand and visualize the acoustic field radiated by any probe (conventional or phased-array). CIVA is used to design probes that are optimal for one or more applications, to optimize inspection strategies, to verify inspection parameters, and to help in the analysis of results. Using the wave/defect interaction toolbox, it is possible to quantify the response to expected defects, and different inspection strategies can be compared with regard to detection and sizing capability.
CIVA is also a tremendous help in understanding what are often complex signals. The modeling takes into account mode conversion, and identifies the response associated with each mode. The compatibility between CIVA and our files makes it easy to compare measurements and simultation results — our files can be read using CIVA and vice versa.
More information can be found on the CIVA website.
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