Nondestructive Characterization of Materials: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium Saarbrücken, FRG, October 3–6, 1988

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Presentation of the Next BRITE-EURAM-Programme (1989–1992)....Pages 3-7
Materials Research Programme of the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT)....Pages 8-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Properties, Preparation and Requirements to Testing of Ceramic Materials....Pages 17-25
Material Characterization of Ceramics by Various Nondestructive Testing Methods....Pages 26-35
Requirements on Nondestructive Testing Methods after Machining of Ceramics....Pages 36-45
Ultrasonic NDE of Advanced Ceramics....Pages 46-55
Tomodensitometry with X- and Gamma-Rays....Pages 56-64
Nondestructive Density Measurements in Powder Metallurgy and Ceramics....Pages 65-72
New Developments for the Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials....Pages 73-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Graphite-magnesium Elastic Constants: Composite and Fiber....Pages 83-90
Monitoring of Anisotropic Material Elastic Properties Using Ultrasonic Receiving Arrays....Pages 91-98
Anisotropy Measurements and Indication of Ply Orientation in Composite Materials Using Holographic Mapping of Large Amplitude Acoustic Waves....Pages 99-106
Recognition of Fracture Modes and Behaviour of Composites by Acoustic Emission....Pages 107-117
Determination of Strength Properties of Injection Moulded Parts Made from Reinforced Thermoplastics by Acoustic Emission....Pages 118-121
Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements in Porous Materials....Pages 122-130
Porosity Characterization in Thin Composite Plates by Ultrasonic Measurements....Pages 131-139
X-Ray Diffraction Scanning Microscopy — A New Method of Nondestructive Characterization of Composites....Pages 140-146
Nondestructive Investigation of Fibre Reinforced Composites by X-Ray Computed Tomography....Pages 147-154
Ultrasonic Characterization of Aluminium/Epoxy Composite Materials....Pages 155-162
Fibre and Particle Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites: Structure — Production — Properties....Pages 163-172
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Ultrasonic Characterization of SiC-Reinforced Aluminium....Pages 173-183
Ultrasonic Propagation in Metal-Matrix-Composites....Pages 184-193
Thermomechanical Behaviour of Metal Matrix Composites....Pages 194-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Correlation Between Manufacturing Parameters and Residual Stresses of Injection-Molded Poly-Propylene: An X-Ray Diffraction Study....Pages 207-214
Characterization of Varnish Layers Using Optically Generated Thermal Waves....Pages 215-222
Application of Dielectric Spectroscopy for Nondestructive Investigation of Expoxy Curing....Pages 223-231
The Investigation of Mass Transport Through Polyethylene with Concentration Waves....Pages 232-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Texture Analysis — A Method of Nondestructive Characterization of Materials I....Pages 241-251
Texture Analysis — A Method of Nondestructive Characterization of Materials II....Pages 252-266
Characterization of Crystallographic Texture in Aluminium Can Stock by X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 267-272
Nondestructive Determination of Materials Parameters by Neutron Diffraction....Pages 273-280
Computer Aided Optimization of an On-line Texture Analyzer....Pages 281-288
Characterization of Rolling Texture by Ultrasonic Dispersion Measurement....Pages 289-295
Nondestructive Analysis of the Deep-drawing Behaviour of Rolling Sheets with Ultrasonic Techniques....Pages 296-302
Lankford Coefficient Evaluation in Steel Sheets by an Ultrasonic Method....Pages 303-311
Characterization of Textures in Plates by Ultrasonic Plate Wave Velocities....Pages 312-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Surveillance of Material Degradation by Means of Diffraction Methods....Pages 323-330
Grain-size Measurements by Spectral Evaluation of Line-scans in Scanning Acoustic Microscopy....Pages 331-336
Non-contact and Nondestructive Evaluation of Grain-size in Thin Metal Sheets....Pages 337-344
The Use of a Contactless Ultrasonic Method for Evaluating Grain Size in Steel Sheets....Pages 345-352
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Analysis of the Effect of Graphite Morphology on the Elastic Properties of Cast Iron....Pages 353-360
Effect of Graphite Aspect Ratio on Cast-iron Elastic Constants....Pages 361-367
Ultrasonic Determination of Materials Characteristics....Pages 368-375
Real Time Cure Monitoring and Control of Composite Fabrication Using Nondestructive Dynamic Mechanical Methods....Pages 376-383
Characterization of the Elastic Behaviour of Nanocrystalline Materials by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy....Pages 384-390
Variation of the Ultrasonic Propagation Velocity Due to Creep Strain in Austenitic Steel....Pages 391-397
Application of Ultrasonic Methods for the Characterization of ZrO 2 Pellets....Pages 398-405
Simultaneous Residual Stress and Retained Austenite Measurement by X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 406-412
Acoustic Characteristics of Porous Materials in Simple and Complex State of Stresses....Pages 413-420
Crack Inspection of Railroad Wheel Treads by EMATs....Pages 421-428
Computer Aided Threedimensional Deformation Analysis Using Holographic Interferometry....Pages 429-437
Practical Application of Ultrasonic Stress Analysis on Thin Walled Components....Pages 438-441
Stress Field in a Cold-Rolled Nickel Plate Deduced from Diffraction Experiments Performed with Synchrotron Radiation at Varied Penetration Depths....Pages 442-449
A Hybrid Computer for Phase Images Visualization and Correlation Based Recognition....Pages 450-457
Three Dimensional Surface Representations of Linear Elastic Anisotropy in Cubic Single Crystals....Pages 458-465
Determination of Shot Peened Surface States Using the Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Method....Pages 466-473
Development of Creep Damages on Heatresistant Ferritic Steel....Pages 474-485
Nondestructive Metallurgical Investigations for the Evaluation of Turbines....Pages 486-494
Early Recognition of Creep Damages by Means of Nondestructive Test Methods....Pages 495-502
Front Matter....Pages 503-503
The Origin of Nondestructive Determination of Characteristic Material Parameters Using Electromagnetic Methods....Pages 505-515
Front Matter....Pages 503-503
Progress in the Micromagnetic Multiparameter Microstructure and Stress Analysis (3MA)....Pages 516-523
Detection of Stress in Steels from Differential Magnetic Susceptibility....Pages 524-531
Nondestructive Characterization of Austempered Ductile Irons....Pages 532-540
Theory of Eddy Current Characterization of Magnetic Conductors....Pages 541-548
Nondestructive Approach to Characterizing the Strength and Structure of Cast Iron....Pages 549-556
Nondestructive Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Steel Plates....Pages 557-564
Simultaneous Electromagnetic Determination of Various Material Characteristics....Pages 565-573
Nondestructive Testing of Forged Components Using CS-pulsed Eddy-current Technique....Pages 574-581
Applications of Capacitive Array Sensors to Nondestructive Evaluation....Pages 582-589
Modelling of the Electromagnetic Field Diffracted by an Inhomogeneity in Metal: A First Step in Magnetic Imaging....Pages 590-597
Comparative Micromagnetic and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Depth Profile Analysis of Laserhardened Steel X210Cr12....Pages 598-605
Characterization of Cementite in Steel and White Cast Iron by Micromagnetic Nondestructive Methods....Pages 606-613
In-situ Ferrite Content Measurement of Duplex Steel Structures in the Chemical Industry. Practical Applications of the Alternating Field, Magnetoinductive Method....Pages 614-621
Changes in Magnetic and Mechanical Properties and Microstructure During Annealing of the Stainless Soft Martensitic Steel X5 CrNi 13 4 (1.4313)....Pages 622-635
Magnetic Tangential Field-Strength-Inspection, a Further NDT Tool for 3MA....Pages 636-643
A Modulus for the Evaluations of the Dynamic Magnetostriction as a Measured Quantity of the 3MA Method....Pages 644-651
Front Matter....Pages 653-653
A Review of Nondestructive Characterization of Composites Using NMR....Pages 655-669
Front Matter....Pages 671-671
Instrument for the Automated Ultrasonic Time-of-Flight Measurement — A Tool for Materials Characterization....Pages 673-680
EMUS-systems for Stress and Texture Evaluation by Ultrasound....Pages 681-690
Fiber-optic Based Heterodyne Interferometer for Noncontact Ultrasonic Determination of Acoustic Velocity and Attenuation in Materials....Pages 691-698
Front Matter....Pages 671-671
The 3MA-testing Equipment, Application Possibilities and Experiences....Pages 699-706
Small Neutron Radiopgraphy Systems and Their Applications....Pages 707-714
Multiparameter Magnetic Inspection System for NDE of Ferromagnetic Materials....Pages 715-722
Development of New Quantitative SLAM Techniques for Material Evaluation....Pages 723-730
Nondestructive Characterization of Material Properties by an Automated Ultrasonic Technique....Pages 731-739
Industrial Application of On-line Texture Measurement....Pages 740-752
On-line Measuring of Technological Data of Cold and Hot Rolled Steel Strips by a Fixed Angle Texture-analyzer....Pages 753-762
Ultrasonic Measurements of Surface Roughness....Pages 763-770
Characterization of Industrially Important Materials Using X-Ray Diffraction Imaging Methods....Pages 771-779
Ultrasonic Characterization of Cold Welds....Pages 780-787
Ultrasonic Monitoring of the Molten Zone During Float Zone Refining of Single Crystal Germanium....Pages 788-795
Front Matter....Pages 797-797
Optical Parameter Effects on Laser Generated Ultrasound for Microstructure Characterization....Pages 799-806
Determination of the Thermal Properties of Thin Layers by a Photothermal Technique....Pages 807-816
Laser Speckle Photography for the Measurement of Changes in Refractive Index in Phase Media....Pages 817-824
Testing of Coatings by Means of Acoustic Emission....Pages 825-831
Nondestructive Characterization of Mixed Oxide Pellets in Welded Nuclear Fuel Pins by Neutron Radiography and Gamma-autoradiography....Pages 832-838
Nondestructive Characterization of a Deformed Steel Using Positron Annihilation....Pages 839-845
Ambulante elektrochemische Charakterisierung metallischer und metalloider Festkörperoberflächen....Pages 846-853
Noncontact Ultrasonic Sensing of Weld Pools for Automated Welding....Pages 854-861
Accurate Determination of the Focal Spot Size of a Microfocus X-Ray Tube....Pages 862-869
Front Matter....Pages 797-797
Characterization of Ultrasonic Probes with Physical and Parametric Methods....Pages 870-877
Mirage Effect and Optical Reflectance: New Improvements in Nondestructive Evaluation....Pages 878-885
Closing Comments....Pages 886-892