Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Site and Waste Characterization for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management in the U.S. Department of Energy....Pages 1-18
Issues in Global Environmental Monitoring....Pages 19-23
Scattering of Acoustic and Elastic Waves by Cracklike Objects: The Role of Hypersingular Integrals....Pages 25-32
Bie Analysis of Elastic Wave Scattering by a Nonlinear Interface....Pages 33-40
Reflection and Scattering by a Slightly Undulating Interface....Pages 41-48
Elastodynamic Scattering from a Three-Dimensional Crack in a Fluid-Loaded Halfspace....Pages 49-56
Rayleigh Wave Scattering from Three Dimensional Surface Slots and Semi-Circular Depressions....Pages 57-64
Characterization of “Kinked” Surface Cracks Using Rayleigh Waves....Pages 65-72
Transient Scattering of Rayleigh-Lamb Waves by Surface-Breaking and Buried Cracks in a Plate....Pages 73-80
Theoretical Predictions and Experimental Measurements of Echo-Responses from Angled Targets....Pages 81-88
Ultrasonic Scattering from Anisotropic Shells....Pages 89-96
Finite Element Study of Lamb Wave Interactions with Holes and Through Thickness Defects in Thin Metal Plates....Pages 97-104
Calculated and Measured Ultrasonic Response of an Elastic Cylinder Embedded in an Elastic Medium....Pages 105-111
Connection Machine Simulation of Ultrasonic Wave Propagation: Two Dimensional Case....Pages 113-120
Iterative Boundary Integral Solution for Curved Interface Transmission....Pages 121-128
Non-Specular Reflection of Bounded Beams From Multilayer Fluid-Immersed Elastic Structures: Complex Ray Method Revisited....Pages 129-136
Wave Field Produced in a Composite Laminate by a Concentrated Surface Force....Pages 137-144
Transient Response of a Laminated Composite Plate....Pages 145-151
Acoustic Emission from Internal Delamination of a Four-Ply Plate....Pages 153-159
Ultrasonic Wave Propagation through an Interface with a Step Discontinuity....Pages 161-168
Generalized Boundary Conditions for Imperfect Interface between Two Solid Anisotropic Media....Pages 169-176
Elastic Waves in Homogeneous and Layered Transversely-Isotropic Media: Gaussian Wave Packets and Green Functions....Pages 177-184
Surface Wave Propagation in Fiber Composite Laminates....Pages 185-191
Analysis of Guided Waves in a Bilayered Plate....Pages 193-200
Viscoelasticity Influence on Frequency Dependence of the Ultrasonic Transmission through Plates of Composite Materials....Pages 201-208
Effect of a Damping Layer on Harmonic Wave Motion in a Laminated Plate....Pages 209-216
Benchmark Problems in Eddy-Current NDE....Pages 217-224
Theory of Eddy Currents in Metal Matrix Composites....Pages 225-232
Eddy Current Corner Crack Inspection....Pages 233-240
Measurement and Calculation of Transient Eddy-Currents in Layered Structures....Pages 241-248
Through-Transmission Impedance Measurements on Moving Metallic Sheets....Pages 249-255
Numerical Modeling of Probe Velocity Effects for Electromagnetic NDE Methods....Pages 257-264
Probability of Detection (POD) Models for Eddy Current NDE Methods....Pages 265-272
Application of Real Time Inverse Eddy Current Analysis....Pages 273-280
Measuring Thickness and Conductivity of Metallic Layers with Eddy Currents....Pages 281-287
Eddy Current Testing of Carbon-Carbon Composites....Pages 289-297
Skin Depth Considerations in Eddy Current NDT....Pages 299-306
Eddy Current Crack Signals in Small Diameter Tubing....Pages 307-313
Coherent X-Ray Imaging for Corrosion Evaluation: A Preliminary Assessment....Pages 315-322
Point Spread Function Estimation of Image Intensifier Tubes....Pages 323-329
Measurement of Internal Residual Strain Gradients in Metal Matrix Composites Using Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 331-338
Monochromatic X-Ray Beams for NDT....Pages 339-345
Unfocused Source of X-Rays in a Microfocus X-Ray Tube....Pages 347-354
Performance Modeling of Scintillator-Based X-Ray Imaging Systems....Pages 355-362
Secondary Radiation Influence on LSF Shapes in Radiography....Pages 363-370
Development of an Advanced 3D Cone Beam Tomographic System....Pages 371-378
X-Ray Cone Beam Tomography with Two Tilted Circular Trajectories....Pages 379-386
Quantitative Nondestructive Density Determinations of Very Low-Density Carbon Foams....Pages 387-393
Correlation of X-Ray CT Measurements to Shear Strength in Pultruded Composite Materials....Pages 395-402
Measurement of the Center-of-Gravity Using X-Ray Computed Tomography....Pages 403-408
Computed Tomography Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation....Pages 409-415
Analytic Calculations and Numerical Simulations of Box-Car Thermal Wave Images of Planar Subsurface Scatterers....Pages 417-423
Dynamic Thermal Tomography: New Nde Technique to Reconstruct Inner Solids Structure Using Multiple IR Image Processing....Pages 425-432
Time-Resolved Infrared Radiometry (Trir) for Characterization of Impact Damage in Composite Materials....Pages 433-440
Fast Photothermal Inspection of Plasma-Sprayed Coatings of Primary Circulation Seal Rings of a Nuclear Reactor....Pages 441-446
IR Thermal Wave Tomographic Studies of Structural Composites....Pages 447-451
Flying Laser Spot Thermal Wave IR Imaging....Pages 453-456
Numerical Solutions for Heat Flow in Adhesive Lap Joints † ....Pages 457-464
Bonds Nde Using Stimulated Infrared Thermography....Pages 465-470
Comparison of Heating Protocols for Detection of Disbonds in Lap Joints....Pages 471-478
Nondestructive Evaluation Using Shearing Interferometry....Pages 479-486
Computed Speckle Decorrelation (CSD) and Its Application for Fatigue Damage Monitoring....Pages 487-494
Nanosecond Scale Optical Pulse Separations for Holographic Investigation of High-Speed Transient Events....Pages 495-500
Error Arising from Original Approximation in Photothermal Measurement of Weak Absorption of Optical Thin Film....Pages 501-506
Three-Dimensional Fem-Bem Computation of Electromagnetic Responses of Flaws....Pages 507-513
Microwave Scattering Properties of Dielectric Cylinders with Defects....Pages 515-520
Analysis of Microstrip Patch Antennas for Dielectric Measurement....Pages 521-528
A Novel Technique for Microwave Thickness Measurement of Dielectric Slabs Using an Open-Ended Rectangular Waveguide....Pages 529-535
Microwave Imaging of Defects in Graphite Reinforced Composite Materials....Pages 537-544
Measurement of Crack Depth in a Transition Weld Using Acpd....Pages 545-552
Three Dimensional Modeling of the DC Potential Drop Method Using Finite Element and Boundary Element Analysis....Pages 553-560
Pulsed Lasers for Quantitative Ultrasonic NDE....Pages 561-568
A Description of an Improved Homodyne Laser Interferometer....Pages 569-576
Inspection of Components Having Complex Geometries Using Laser-Based Ultrasound....Pages 577-584
Elastic Constants for Unidirectional Boron-Epoxy Composites....Pages 585-592
Measurements of Local Surface Wave Speeds by a Dual-Probe Laser Interferometer....Pages 593-600
Long Cavity Laser Excitation and Digital Filtering of Narrowband Ultrasound for Enhanced Signal-to-Noise Ratio....Pages 601-608
Analysis of Laser Ultrasonic Measurements of Surface Waves on Elastic Spheres....Pages 609-615
Effects of Laser Source Parameters on the Generation of Narrow Band and Directed Laser Ultrasound....Pages 617-624
Ultrasonic Characterization of Laser Ablation....Pages 625-631
Generation of Dispersive Acoustic Waves by the Phase Velocity Scanning of a Laser Beam....Pages 633-640
Nondestructive Evaluation of Energetic Materials Via NMR Imaging....Pages 641-648
Multiple Pulse Line Narrowing: Approaches for Solid State NMR Imaging....Pages 649-654
NMR Imaging of Advanced Composites....Pages 655-662
Applications of NMR Imaging on Solid Rocket Motor Materials....Pages 663-670
IDA: An Architecture for an Intelligent Design Assistant for Assessing the Inspectability of Structures from a Description of Their Geometry....Pages 671-675
Graphite Epoxy Defect Classification of Ultrasonic Signatures Using Statistical and Neural Network Techniques....Pages 677-684
New Training Algorithm for Neural Networks....Pages 685-691
Time Delay Neural Networks for Classification of Ultrasonic NDT Signals....Pages 693-700
Neural Network for Crack-Depth Determination from Ultrasonic Backscattering Data....Pages 701-708
A Neural Network Approach for Solving Inverse Problems in NDE....Pages 709-716
Comparison of Neural Network and Markov Random Field Image Segmentation Techniques * ....Pages 717-724
Acoustic Emissions Applications on the Nasa Space Station....Pages 725-732
The Use of Phase Quadrature Information for the Automated Detection and Classification of Defects in the Presence of Deterministic Noise....Pages 733-740
Polarimetric Microwave Inverse Scattering as Applied to Nondestructive Testing....Pages 741-748
Limited Data Tomography Using Support Minimization with a Priori Data....Pages 749-756
Hybrid Lossless-Lossy Compression of Industrial Radiographs....Pages 757-763
Radiographic Image Enhancement by Wiener Decorrelation....Pages 765-771
A Hybrid Finite Element/Method of Moment Formulation for Single Frequency Eddy-Current Inversion....Pages 773-780
Cross Correlation of Eddy Current Images for Detection of Fatigue Crack Propagation....Pages 781-788
Reconstruction of Internal Density Distributions in Porous Bodies from Laser Ultrasonic Data....Pages 789-796
Microstructure Characterizations in Composite Media Using Ultrasonic Tomography....Pages 797-803
Real-Time B-Scan Ultrasonic Imaging Using a Digital Phased Array System for NDE....Pages 805-812
Ultrasonic Synthetic-Aperture Holographic Imaging † ....Pages 813-820
Application of High Resolution Inversion of Ultrasonic Data to the Imaging of Multi-Layered Composite Structures....Pages 821-828
Phase Shift Determination of Scattered Far-Fields and its Application to an Inverse Problem....Pages 829-836
Flaw Characterization and Sizing Using Sensitivity Analysis and the Boundary Element Method....Pages 837-842
Ultrasonic Flaw Classification Using a Quasi-Pulse-Echo Technique....Pages 843-848
Ultrasonic Sizing of Voids Using Area Functions....Pages 849-856
Ultrasonic Equivalent Flaw Sizing - A Time-of-Flight Approach....Pages 857-862
Application of Critical Angle Imaging to the Characterization of Cast Stainless Steels....Pages 863-870
Imaging Flaws in Thin Metal Plates Using a Magneto-Optic Device....Pages 871-878
Application of Two-Dimensional Matched Filters to X-Ray Radiographic Flaw Detection and Enhancement....Pages 879-886
Study of Microstructural Characteristics Using Mathematical Morphology....Pages 887-894
A True Wiener Filter Implementation for Improving Signal to Noise and Resolution in Acoustic Images....Pages 895-902
Influence of Filtering Techniques on Holographic Images....Pages 903-910
Temporal Leakage and Its Effects on Resolution in Deconvolution of Ultrasonic Signals....Pages 911-918
Fast Pattern Recognition Method for Eddy Current Testing....Pages 919-926
Split Spectrum Technique as a Preprocessor for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation....Pages 927-934
Split Spectrum Processing with Computationally Efficient Sinusoidal Fir Filters....Pages 935-942
Rank Determination of Order Statistic Filters for Ultrasonic Flaw Detection....Pages 943-950
Coherent Flaw Reflectivity Estimation in Nonstationary Noise....Pages 951-958
Characterization of Materials Using Grain Backscattered Ultrasonic Signals....Pages 959-965
On the Use of Wigner Distribution in Ultrasonic NDE....Pages 967-974
Ultrasonic Signal Processing of Adhesive Bonding Data Employing Chirp-Z Transform and Adaptive Filtering Techniques....Pages 975-982
Ultrasonic Signal Enhancement Using Order Statistic and Morphological Filters....Pages 983-990
Error Analysis and Ultrasonic Scattering Amplitude Estimation Using the Wiener Filter with Limited Prior Information....Pages 991-998
Production of a Diffractionless Ultrasonic Beam....Pages 999-1004
Procedure for the Alignment of an Ultrasonic Beam for Nondestructive Applications....Pages 1005-1012
On—Axis Formulas for Ultrasonic Transducer Beams in Anisotropic Media....Pages 1013-1019
Validity of the Gauss-Hermite Beam Model in an Anisotropic Layered Medium: Comparison to the Finite Element Method....Pages 1021-1028
New Concepts for Characterization of Ultrasonic Transducers....Pages 1029-1034
Self-Calibrating Ultrasonic Technique for R/T and T/R Measurements....Pages 1035-1042
A New Conservation Law Description of an Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer in the Time Domain....Pages 1043-1049
The Interfacial Mass Detection with Lamb-Wave Sensors....Pages 1051-1058
Investigations of Extensional and Torsional Acoustic Wave Thin Rod Sensors....Pages 1059-1065
A Geometrical Interpretation of the Echo Formation of Short Pulses on Simple Shaped Targets....Pages 1067-1074
The Modelling and Experimental Study of the Piezofilm Transducer Waveforms in Cylindrical Geometry....Pages 1075-1082
NDE of Cylindrically Symmetric Components with Piezofilm Transducers....Pages 1083-1090
Optimization of Sound Pulse Generation for Photoacoustic Sensing Applications....Pages 1091-1095
Smart Materials Used in Frequency Selective Passive Sensors....Pages 1097-1102
UHF Modulation and Fourier Transform Differential Time Domain Techniques for Measuring Strain Via Fiber Optics....Pages 1103-1110
Sapphire Fiber Interferometer for Microdisplacement Measurements at High Temperature....Pages 1111-1114
Optical Fiber Strain Sensors for Cable Nondestructive Evaluation....Pages 1115-1119
High Temperature Fabry-Perot Based Strain Sensor for Ceramic Cross Flow Filters....Pages 1121-1128
A Linear Eddy-Current Array Driven by a Whip Excitation....Pages 1129-1136
Eddy Current Arrays for Defect Detection....Pages 1137-1144
Surface Coverage Issues When Using Eddy Current Arrays....Pages 1145-1152
Detection of a Deep Flaw Inside a Conductor Using a Squid Magnetometer....Pages 1153-1159
Calibration and Characterization of Eddy Current Probes by Photoinductive Field Mapping....Pages 1161-1168
A Feedthrough Eddy-Current Transducer with Rotating Magnetic Field....Pages 1169-1174
Active Corrosion Site Detection Scheme Using Optical Fibers....Pages 1175-1181
Quantitative Evaluation of Steel Corrosion in Microenvironments Using the Corrosion Coulometer....Pages 1183-1190
A Near-Field Measurement Model for Ultrasonic Reference Standards....Pages 1191-1198
Optimum Implementation of the Specified Notches for Ultrasonic Detection of Longitudinal Defects on Steel Tubes....Pages 1199-1204