This report summarizes the outcomes of the second year of PRCI ECA-1-1. Concretely, specific methodologies developed to improve the NDE-FEA framework have been discussed (as elaborated in T2.3: “Evaluation and improvement of 3D NDE – FEA performance). A medium wide plate (MWP) testing program (T2.1: “Design and preparation of experimental test program”) was designed to experimentally validate the results obtained from the NDE-FEA framework (T2.2: “MWP test execution and analysis”). The results show satisfactory agreement between the CDF response obtained from...
This report summarizes the outcomes of the second year of PRCI ECA-1-1. Concretely, specific methodologies developed to improve the NDE-FEA framework have been discussed (as elaborated in T2.3: “Evaluation and improvement of 3D NDE – FEA performance). A medium wide plate (MWP) testing program (T2.1: “Design and preparation of experimental test program”) was designed to experimentally validate the results obtained from the NDE-FEA framework (T2.2: “MWP test execution and analysis”). The results show satisfactory agreement between the CDF response obtained from the NDE-FEA framework and experimental testing. Concrete strategies to embed the 3D NDE – FEA framework in a multi-level ECA framework and a roadmap for future work to enable its practical adoption are finally suggested (T2.4: “Embedding coupled 3D NDE – FEA within a multi-level ECA framework”).