Optimization and Parallelism for Analysis and Reconstruction of ultrasonic NDT – OPARUS

The project OPARUS "Optimization and Parallelization for Analysis and Reconstruction of ultrasonic NDT" focuses on the development of modelling tools and treatment for reconstruction of multi-element ultrasonic non destructive testing data. The objective of the project is to optimize the performance of numerical algorithms and to extend significantly the actual limitations on the use of accurate models for visualization, analysis and diagnostic and provide tools for innovative modelling in agreement with the industrial constraints. The kinds of technology pointed are clearly oriented on multi-core processors and GPGPU, all included in single "workstation". The technological barriers concerns both the capacity to exploit the new parallel architectures and to implement optimized algorithms dedicated to the reconstruction of data for analysis.
The developments are focused on applications representative of industrial cases. The reconstruction tools based on these developments will be integrated into three systems and software: the M2M acquisition systems, CIVA platform of simulation and analysis and the analysis production software NDT-kit. OPARUS is a 3 years industrial research project which includes industrial end users of NDT (EADS and EDF), high-tech companies, (M2M, which develops multi-elements systems and CAPS-Enterprise, expert in parallel computing solutions), CEA LIST developing the CIVA software platform, and EFI, university laboratories specialist of parallel architectures, image processing and complex systems.

Project results will be directly integrated in systems and software already operating in industrial environments. From a scientific point of view results will be communicated through journals and conferences dedicated to non destructive testing, and in journals for research in computer science and architecture.