Mechanics of Nondestructive Testing

Session I Mechanics of Nondestructive Testing: Overview.- 1. Optical Interference for Deformation Measurements-Classical, Holographic and Moiré Interferometry.- 2. Basic Wave Analysis of Acoustic Emission.- 3. A Survey of Electromagnetic Methods of Nondestructive Testing.- 4. Stiffness Change as a Nondestructive Damage Measurement.- 5. Concepts and Techniques for Ultrasonic Evaluation of Material Mechanical Properties.- Session II Material Property Determination.- 1. Neutron Diffraction and Small-Angle Scattering as Nondestructive Probes of the Microstructure of Materials.- 2. Determination of Fundamental Acoustic Emission Signal Characteristics.- 3. A Simple Determination of Von Karman Critical Velocities.- 4. Fracture Prediction by Rayleigh Wave Scattering Measurement.- 5. Anisotropic Elastic Constants of a Fiber-Reinforced Boron-Aluminum Composite.- 6. Nondestructive Evaluation of the Effects of Dynamic Stress Produced by High-Power Ultrasound in Materials.- Session III Defectand Flaw Characterization.- 1. The Mechanics of Vibrothermography.- 2. Dynamic Photoelasticity as an Aid to Sizing Surface Cracks by Frequency Analysis.- 3. Ultrasonic and X-Ray Radiographic Inspection and Characterization of Defects in Gr/Al Composites.- 4. Evaluation of Sensitivity of Ultrasonic Detection of Delaminations in Graphite/Epoxy Laminates.- Session IV Material Damage-Initiation and Growth: Life Prediction.- 1. Influence of Initial Defect Distribution on the Life of the Cold Leg Piping System.- 2. In-Flight Acoustic Emission Monitoring.- 3. On Interrelation of Fracture Mechanisms of Metals and Acoustic Emission.- 4. Fatigue Delamination in CFRP Composites: Study with Acoustic Emission and Ultrasonic Testing.