Porosity/Inclusion Analysis with VGStudioMax
Discover what’s below the surface of your scanned parts. The porosity/inclusion analysis features in Volume Graphics software enable you to detect, characterize, and visualize porosity and inclusions in three dimensions using non-destructive testing (NDT).
Porosity/Inclusion Analysis Features
Locate pores, holes, and inclusions within parts and get detailed information on these discontinuities:
- Detect, characterize, and visualize porosity in 2D and 3D using computed tomography.
- Distinguish between gas pores, shrinkage cavities, cracks, and inclusions of foreign material.
- Take wall thickness analyses and subsequent machining steps into account.
- Automatically quantify the surface size of discontinuities in 2D CT slice images in accordance to BDG Reference Sheet P 201/P 202. (Extended Porosity/Inclusion Analysis Module)
- Perform a 3D evaluation with regard to the most critical porosity parameters within functional areas of the part in accordance to BDG Reference Sheet P 203. (Extended Porosity/Inclusion Analysis Module)
- Get results for later use in subsequent simulations.
- Use data in statistical evaluation software such as Q-DAS qs-STAT.
Global Porosity Parameters
Determine these global porosity parameters for the entire component:
- Total pore volume
- Total material volume
- Total porosity
- Total surface of the pores
- Projected total area of all pores in any spatial direction