One the most important field of activity at the DISC (Department of Imaging and Simulation for Control) of CEA – LIST is to provide a comprehensive set of tools for modeling and simulation for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). These tools are gathered within the computational platform CIVA. Most of the ultrasound models — elaborated by the LSMA (research laboratory for Simulation and Modeling in Acoustics) — are based upon semi-analytical methods. Although very efficient, these methods suffer from a loss of precision as soon as some critical phenomena (e.g. head waves or caustics) or some particular features of the material (e.g. flaws or heterogeneities ) appear in the control experiment. To circumvent these limitations, one of the field of research in the LSMA is to build coupling schemes between semi-analytical and numerical methods. Following this strategy, a computational software based upon high-order finite elements combined with domain decomposition strategies is developped in order to address 3D configurations. The work proposed here focuses on increasing the complexity of the configurations reachable within this coupling strategy. A typical example being the fluid-structure interaction in the case of flaws reaching the bottom of the material to control.

This position is open until it is filled.

Département: Département Imagerie Simulation pour le Contrôle (LIST)
Laboratory: Laboratoire Simulation et Modélisation en Acoustique
Start Date: 01-05-2015
ECA Code: PsD-DRT-15-0048
Contact: alexandre.imperiale<στο>cea.fr