Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation

These Proceedings, consisting of Parts A and B, contain the edited versions of most of the papers presented at the annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation held at the University of California San Diego, in La Jolla, California on July 19- July 24, 1992. The Review was organized by the Center for NDE at Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory of the USDOE in cooperation with a number of organizations including the Air Force Wright Laboratory Materials Directorate, the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, the Center for NDE at Johns Hopkins University, the Department of Energy, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Science Foundation IndustrylUniversity Cooperative Research Centers, and the Working Group in Quantitative NDE. This year's Review of Progress in QNDE was attended by approximately 475 participants from the U. S. and many foreign countries who presented over 380 papers. With such a large volume of work to review, the meeting was divided into 36 sessions with as many as four sessions running concurrently. The Review covered all phases of NDE research and development from fundamental investigations to engineering applications or inspection systems, and it included all methods of inspection science from acoustics to x-rays. During the last twenty years, the participants of the Review have contributed to its steady growth. Thanks to their efforts, the Review is today one of the largest and most significant gatherings of NDE researchers and engineers anywhere in the world.

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MINISYMPOSIUM. DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD TECHNIQUES: Elastic Wave Scattering. Elastic Wave Propagation. Eddy Currents. Radiography and CT. Optical Techniques. Thermal Techniques. EMERGING INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES: LaserBased Ultrasonics. INTERPRETIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING AND IMAGE ANALYSIS: Signal Processing. Neural Networks. Electromagnetic Techniques. Magnetic Resonance Methods. Imaging and Inversion Methods. SENSORS AND NEW TECHNIQUES: Ultrasonic and Acoustic Sensors. Electromagnetic Sensors. New Techniques and Simulations. ENGINEERED MATERIALS: Composite Properties. Composite Defects. Interfaces. Bonded Joints. MATERIAL PROPERTIES: Metals. Ceramics and Semiconductors. Microstructure and Surface Roughness. Magnetic Methods and Materials. Thin Films and Coatings. Corrosion. NONLINEARITY, DEFORMATION, AND FRACTURE: Nonlinear Effects. Stress and Fatigue Cracks. CIVIL STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS. SYSTEMS, PROCESS CONTROL, AND RELIABILITY. 317 articles. Index.