Non-destructive evaluation of fatiguebythermal, acoustic and electromagnetic techniques

Electromagnetic Sensing Techniques for Non-Destructive Diagnosis of Civil Engineering Structures

Health Assessment Methods (HAM) and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) aim to improve the standard of knowledge regarding the safety and maintenance of structures and infrastructure acquiring information about geometrical, mechanical and dynamical characteristics of structures. In earthquake-prone areas, this activity has the double aim of assessing the buildings structural integrity and extrac...

Non-Linear Non-Destructive Evaluation of Concrete

This paper explains non-linear non-destructive evaluation of concrete aimed at examining the occurrence of non-linearity under non-linear wave propagation through the concrete. Standard cubic concrete sections in damaged and undamaged conditions were investigated. The specimen was first damaged under compression testing and then subjected to non-linear ultrasonic evaluation in two directions i....

Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation of Metals

Marine Composites Non-Destructive Evaluation

An increasing number of marine structures are utilizing composite materials. Major structure and components can be built lighter and corrosion-resistant using composite construction. The recreational boating industry has long recognized this and now commercial ferries are increasingly realizing fuel savings through weight reduction. The US Navy’s DDG-1000 topside structure and LPD-17 advanced e...

Laser-based Non-destructive Evaluation

John S. Popovics Summary Lasers are devices that create a high intensity, directed light beam. The light beam can travel in air or through fiber optic cables. Lasers can be used to generate waves and detect stretching or motion in a solid material without direct contact with the material. Thus lasers are useful in many important engineering applications that require remote non-destructive evalu...