10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Non-Destructive Testing

PROGRAM
Proceedings
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Saturday 15 September 2001
8.00am-5.00pmAINDT Certification Board MeetingRydges – Suite 114
6.30pm-10.30pmBoard Members DinnerRydges – Boulevard Room B1
Sunday 16 September 2001
8.00am-5.00pmAINDT Federal Council MeetingRydges – Boulevard Room B2
Monday 17 September 2001
8.00am-5.00pmICNDT Committee MeetingRydges – Boulevard Room B3
9.00am-12.30pmAINDT/WTIA NDT Technical Demonstration Forum at BP Bulwer RefineryDeparts BCEC Main Entrance
1.00pm-5.00pmBoeing Site Visit to Amberley Air Force BaseDeparts BCEC Main Entrance

4.00pm-7.00pmConference Registration Desk OpensPlaza Foyer

6.00pm-8.00pmWelcome Cocktail Reception Sponsored by AGFA & Opening of the Trade ExhibitionRoom P6

Tuesday 18 September 2001

7.30amConference Registration Desk & Trade Exhibition OpensPlaza Foyer
8.30am-10.00amOpening Ceremony – Address by A-PCNDT attending Nations & AGFA
Chairman – John Maccarone
Room P1 & P2
10.00am-10.45amPlenary Lecture – Professor Dennis ElseRoom P1 & P2

10.45am-11.15amMorning Tea & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


1.1 Methods & InstrumentationRoom P1 & P2
11.15am-11.30amPrincipal Sponsor Address: AGFA Representative
11.30am-12.15pmDr Michael Farley, SCOTLANDKEYNOTE: Achievement & Reliability of Non-Destrucitve Testing
12.15pm-12.45pmMr Gary Barber, AUSTRALIADigital Imaging Techniques/Solutions
12.45pm-1.15pmMr Lui Bin, P.R.CHINAConvenient Detection of Deep Defects in Steel with Portable Instruments

1.2 AerospaceRoom P3 & P4
11.15am-11.30amGold Sponsor Address: BP (Bulwer Refinery) Representative
11.30am-12.15pmDr Gary Georgeson, USAKEYNOTE: NDT - A Continueing Responsibility in the Future of Aerospace
12.15pm-12.45pmMs Terri Lynn Adair, USAAutomated Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection System (FPI) is Triple A
12.45pm-1.15pmDr Les Bennett, CANADANeutron Radioscopy Inspection of Composite Flight Control Surfaces

1.15pm-1.20pmLunch Sponsor Address: Department of Mines & EnergyRoom P6

1.20pm-2.15pmConference Lunch Sponsored by Department of Mines and Energy
Trade Exhibition
Room P6


2.1 Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P1 & P2
2.15pm-2.30pmSilver Sponsor Address: Krautkrδmer GmbH
2.30pm-3.15pmMr Chris Smallbone, AUSTRALIAKEYNOTE: NDT and It's Importance to Industrial Plants and Equipment
3.15pm-3.45pmDr Stephen Burke, AUSTRALIACrack Depth Measurement using Eddy-Current NDE
3.45pm-4.15pmDr Chen Guohua, P.R.CHINAThe Advancement of NDT Technology and its Application in the Safety Assessment of Pressure Vessels

2.2 ManufacturingRoom P3 & P4
2.15pm-2.30pmSilver Sponsor Address: Queensland Government Department of Industrial Relations
2.30pm-3.15pmMr Douglas Marshall, CANADAKEYNOTE: NDT Overview - Equipment Reliability
3.15pm-3.45pmMr Douglas Whitely, CANADAInfrared Thermography Applications at Dofasco Inc.
3.45pm-4.15pmMr Keiji Sato, JAPANNon-destructive Evaluation of Disbonding Area in Chip Scale Packages using Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy

4.15pm-4.45pmAfternoon Tea & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


3.1 Methods & InstrumentationRoom P1 & P2
4.45pm-5.15pmMr Neile Findlay, AUSTRALIAAutomated Ultrasonic Rotoscan Weld Inspection – 'AGL – Roma to Brisbane Stage & Gas Looping Pipeline Constructed by Clough/Lucas
5.15pm-5.45pmMr Lijian Yang, P.R.CHINANoise Reduction and Data Compression of Pipeline Magnetic Flux Leakage Signal Based on Wavelet Transform

3.2 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P3 & P4
4.45pm-5.15pmMr Joakim Axmon, SWEDENPartial Modal Analysis for Health Assessment of Living Trees
5.15pm-5.45pmDr Chih-Hung Chiang, TAIWANSemi-direct Measurements of Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity in Proposed Concrete Reference Specimens

5.00pmConference Registration Desk & Trade Exhibition ClosesPlaza Foyer & P6

Wednesday 19 September 2001

8.00amConference Registration Desk & Trade Exhibition OpensPlaza Foyer

4.1 Training, Certification & CodesRoom P1 & P2
8.30am-8.45amSilver Sponsor Address: HRL – ETRS
8.45am-9.30amMr Giuseppe Nardoni, ITALYKEYNOTE: The role of ICNDT and Regional Groups in the harmonisation process for training & certification.
9.30am-10.00amMr Shane Flynn, AUSTRALIADevelopment of National Competency Standards for NDT within Australia
10.00am-10.30amMr Brett Hyland, AUSTRALIANon-Destructive Testing Laboratory Accreditation – Australian Advancements

4.2 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P3 & P4
9.30am-10.00amDr Guy Cotterill, AUSTRALIAA New Approach to Ultrasonic Inspection of Shafts
10.00am-10.30amMr G C Das, INDIARadiography of Thin Sections of Aluminium and Composites with Americium-241 and X-RAYS

4.3 Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P5
9.30am-10.00amMr Peter Hayward, NEW ZEALANDDetection and Sizing of Cracking from the Inner Surface using ID Creeping Waves
10.00am-10.30amDr Baldev Raj, INDIASynergism of NDE & IT: A Generic Knowledge-base System for Effective and Reliable NDE

10.30am-11.00amMorning Tea & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


5.1 Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P1 & P2
11.00am-11.15amSilver Sponsor Address: Panametrics
11.15am-12noonDr Baldev Raj, INDIAKEYNOTE: A Perspective on Development in NDE to Enable a Safe & Reliable Nuclear Power Industry
12noon-12.30pmMr Ray Kot, AUSTRALIAHydrogen Attack, Detection, Assessment and Evaluation
12.30pm-1.00pmDr Li Luming, P.R. CHINAInspecting the Inner Corrosion Defects by Magnetic Flux Leakage Testing Method

5.2 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P3 & P4
11.00am-11.15amSilver Sponsor Address: PNDT Pty Ltd
11.15am-12noonDr Stephen Burke, AUSTRALIAKEYNOTE: Fundamental & Applied Research
12noon-12.30pmMr Masatoshi Futakawa, JAPANStress-Strain Relationship Evaluated by Load-Depth Curve Obtained from Indentation Technique
12.30pm-1.00pmMs Cayt Harding, AUSTRALIAProbabability of Detection for Magnetic Rubber Inspections of F-111 Steel Components

5.3 Training, Certification & CodesRoom P5
12noon-12.30pmDr Gary Martin, AUSTRALIATraining, Certification for Non-Destructive Testing: What is all the fuss about?
12.30pm-1.00pmMr Morio Onoe, JAPANNDTML – XML for NDT

1:00pm-1:30pmAINDT Annual General MeetingRoom P5

1.00pm-5.00pmA-PCNDT Member Nations MeetingRydges – Boulevard Room B3

1.00pm-2.00pmConference Lunch & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6

6.1 AerospaceRoom P1 & P2
2.00pm-2.30pmDr Rong S Geng, P.R. CHINACorrosion-related Acoustic Emission and Its Identification
2.30pm-3.00pmMr Colin Hockings, AUSTRALIAInfrared System Specifications – What does it all mean?
3.00pm-3.30pmMr Geoff McDonald, AUSTRALIAThinking-Feeling – Extraversion-Introversion -Testing Without Self-Destructing

6.2 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P3 & P4
2.00pm-2.30pmMr Harry Siu-Lung Ku, AUSTRALIAApplications of Microwaves in Non-Destructive Testing
2.30pm-3.00pmMr Umesh Kumar, INDIA3D Tomographic Visualisation of an Aluminium Manifold Speciman on Experimental Gamma-Ray Tomographic System
3.00pm-3.30pmMr Li Lin, P.R.CHINANondestructive Differentiating Three Transformation Products in Low Alloy Steel with Two Ultrasonic Methods

6.3 Training, Certification & CodesRoom P5
2.00pm-2.30pmMr Peter Sheedy, AUSTRALIACertification in the New Millennium
2.30pm-3.00pmMr John Thompson, UKApproval of NDT Personnel Under the Provisions of the European Pressure Equipment Directive
3.00pm-3.30pmMr Udo Schlengermann, GERMANYA Global View on Standardisation in Ultrasonic Testing

3.30pm-4.00pmAfternoon Tea & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


7.1 Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P1 & P2
4.00pm-4.30pmDr Mikhail Podlevskikh, RUSSIANew Acoustic-Emission Systems for Different Objects Including Underwater
4.30pm-5.00pmMr Anthony Rolland, AUSTRALIAThe Astute Thermographer – How Can He Help?
5.00pm-5.30pmDr Li Luming, P.R. CHINAThe Magnetic Leakage Field of Surface Crack under Geomagnetic Excitation

7.2 GeneralRoom P3 & P4
4.00pm-4.30pmMr Roger Griffiths, AUSTRALIASafety Issues in the Management of Industrial Radiography
4.30pm-5.00pmMs Christine Ianna, AUSTRALIANon-Destructive Techniques Used in Materials Conservation
5.00pm-5.30pmMr Dong Shang Yuan, P.R.CHINAThe Ultrasonic Test Problem of In-service Super-high Pressure Crystal Autoclave

7.3 AerospaceRoom P5
4.00pm-4.30pmMr David G. Moore, USAInterlayer Crack Detection Results Using Sliding Probe Eddy Current Procedures
4.30pm-5.00pmMr Gerry Redmond, AUSTRALIAFrom 'Safe Life' to Fracture Mechanics – F111 Aircraft Cold Temperature Proof Testing at RAAF Amberley.
5.00pm-5.30pmMr Howard Morton, AUSTRALIAFatigue Testing – It's Role in Non-Destructive Testing

5.00pmConference Registration Desk & Trade Exhibition ClosesPlaza Foyer and P6

Thursday 20 September 2001

8.00amConference Registration Desk & Trade Exhibition Opens Plaza FoyerPlaza Foyer and P6

8.1 Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P1 & P2
8.30am-9.00amMr Tony SonneveldAlex Wilson Memorial Lecture
9.00am-9.30amMr Donald Searle, AUSTRALIADetection and Measurement of Reformer Tube Creep
9.30am-10.00amMr Gongtian Shen, P.R. CHINAInfrared Thermography Test for High Temperature Pressure Pipe
10.00am-10.30amMr Stuart Webber, AUSTRALIAFive Years of Testing using the Semi-Automated Ultrasonic Time of Flight Diffraction System

8.2 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P3 & P4
9.00am-9.30amDr Xiaoming Jian, KOREACharacterization of Imperfect Interfaces in IC Packaging using Deconvolved Ultrasonic Signals
9.30am-10.00amDr Yang Ju, JAPANNDE of Closed Fatigue Crack on the Metal Surface by Microwaves
10.00am-10.30amMr Jung-Heun Kim, KOREAKaiser Effects in Thermo-Acoustic Emissions from Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Laminates

8.3 NuclearRoom P5
9.00am-9.30amDr Jae Hee Kim, KOREARISYS: An Advanced Reactor Vessel Inspection System with Underwater Mobile Robots
9.30am-10.00amDr Tae Ryong Kim, KOREAUltrasonic Measurement of Calandria Tube Sags in a Korean PHWR's
10.00am-10.30amDr Jong Po Lee, KOREAUltrasonic Data Acquisition and Analysis System for the Reactor Vessel Inspection Robot Guided by Laser

10.30am-11.00amMorning Tea & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


9.1 Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P1 & P2
11.00am-11.30amMr Zahra Amrollahi, IRANQuality Control of Industrial Centres to X-, Beta and Gamma Rays During Radiography in Iran
11.30am-12noonMr Rob Angus, AUSTRALIACondition Assessment of Drafting Roller Circles
12noon-12.30pmMr Wang Wu-Ping, P.R.CHINADetecting Inner Quality of Foundation Pile with Ultrasonic CT Technology

9.2 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P3 & P4
11.00am-11.30amDr Kunle Oloyede, AUSTRALIANano-Indentation Assessment of Property Changes in Common Engineering Plastics after Exposure to Microwave Energy
11.30am-12noonMr Lijian Yang, P.R. CHINAResearch on intelligent pipeline magnetic flux leakage detector
12noon-12.30pmDr Che-Hua Yang, TAIWANBroadband Dispersion Behaviour of Wedge Waves

9.3 AerospaceRoom P5
11.00am-11.30amMr Geoff Tipler, UKDelivery of NDT in the UK Military
11.30am-12noonMr Max Wishaw, AUSTRALIAComparative Vacuum Monitoring: a New Method of In-Situ Real Time Crack Detection and Monitoring
12noon-12.30pmMr Gerry Redmond, AUSTRALIAInvestigation of F111 TF30 Engine Compressor Disk Cracking and Development of a Suitable NDI Procedure at RAAF Amberley

12.30pm-1.30pmConference Lunch & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


10.1 Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P1 & P2
1.30pm-2.00pmMr Harry Moss, AUSTRALIALife Management Of Above Ground Atmospheric Storage Tanks
2.00pm-2.30pmMr Charles Panos, AUSTRALIACondition Monitoring - Process Plant Tube Inspection an Ongoing Commitment by Plant Owners and Operators
2.30pm-3.00pmDr Li Luming, P.R.CHINAResearch on Measuring Abrasion of Pumping Oil Pipe

10.2 Methods & InstrumentationRoom P3 & P4
1.30pm-2.00pmMr Laurence Dickinson, AUSTRALIATesting of Composites Using a Mouse Mounted Acoustic Fibre
2.00pm-2.30pmDr Yonghui Zhao, P.R.CHINAGround Penetrating Radar Technique and it's Application in Non-Destructive Testing of Reinforced Concrete
2.30pm-3.00pmMr Hiroshi Hoshikawa, JAPANA New Eddy Current Surface Probe without Lift-off Noise

10.3 GeneralRoom P5
1.30pm-2.00pmMr Gary Barber, AUSTRALIAAgfa and the Environment

3.00pm-3.30pmAfternoon Tea & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


11.1 ManufacturingRoom P1 & P2
3.30pm-4.00pmDr Wolfgang Weber, GERMANYAutomated Ultrasonic Inspection of Semi-Finished Profiles
4.00pm-4.30pmProfessor Joon-Hyun Lee, KOREANon-destructive Characterisation of Carbon/Carbon Brake Disks Using Ultrasonics
4.30pm-5.00pmMr Masakazu Tane, JAPANChange in Elastic Constants with Thermal Embrittlement of Duplex Stainless Steel

11.2 Methods & InstrumentationRoom P3 & P4
3.30pm-4.00pmMr Matthew Ibrahim, AUSTRALIADevelopment of Flexible Ultrasonic Waveform Analysis for NDE
4.00pm-4.30pmProfessor Ren Jinlin,P.R.CHINAMechanism Study of Metal Magnetic Memory Testing
4.30pm-5.00pmDr John Long, AUSTRALIADepth-Profile Analysis of Elements by Glow Discharge Optical Emmission Specrometry

5.00pmConference Registration Desk & Trade Exhibition ClosesPlaza Foyer and P6

7.00pm-7.30pmPre-Dinner Drinks
7.00pm-midnightOfficial Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Friday 21 September 2001

8.30amConference Registration Desk & Trade Exhibition OpensPlaza Foyer


12.1 Methods & InstrumentationRoom P1 & P2
9.00am-9.30amMr Shuji Maeo, JAPANDevelopment of Portable X-Ray Analyzer (XRF/XRD) for Field Studies
9.30am-10.00amMr Udo Schlengermann, GERMANYQuality management in the Automotive Industry by Ultrasonic Inspection of Welded Joints
10.00am-10.30amProfessor Eisaku Umezaki, JAPANEvaluation of Heat-Seal Quality of Liquid Packaging Bags Made of Plastic Films by Infrared Thermography

12.2 Poster SessionTopic: Fundamental & Applied ResearchPlaza Foyer
9.00am-9.15amMr Guanping Guo, P.R.CHINAStudy on Moire Phenomenon in Ultrasonic C-scan Image
9.15am-9.30amMr Young Kim, KOREAA Study on the Couplant Effects in Contact Ultrasonic Testing.
9.30am-9.45amMr Sung Sik Lee, KOREAThickness Evaluation of Pipes Using Density Profile on Radiographs
9.45am-10.00amProfessor Tsung-Tsong Wu, TAIWANNon-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Structures Using Laser Ultrasonics
10.00am-10.15amProfessor Ching-Chung Yin, TAIWANDetermination Of Elastic Constants Of Filament Wound Composite Cylindrical Shells Using Laser-Induced Guided Waves

10.30am-11.00amMorning Tea & Trade ExhibitionRoom P6


13.1 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P1 & P2
11.00am-11.30amMr Lijian Yang, P.R. CHINAThe application of Wavelet Transform in Magnetic Flux Leakage Teat of Pipeline
11.30am-12noonDr Kunle Oloyede, AUSTRALIAMapping of Changes Induced by Microwave Heating in a Common Photoelastic Plastic – Towards an Effective Control of Thermal Runaway
12noon-12.30pmMr Wei-Chang Zhong, P.R. CHINAStrip Magnetic Dipole of Finite Length and Magnetic Particle Inspection

13.2 Poster SessionTopic: Industrial Plant & StructuresRoom P3 & P4
11.00am-11.15amMr Carlos Desimone, ARGENTINADamage Detection on Wires of Ropes Applying Ultrasonic Waves
11.15am-11.30amDr Ik Keun Park, KOREANondestructive Evaluation for Degraded Structural Materials of 2.25CR-MO Steel used at High Temperatures by Ultrasonics
11.30am-11.45pmMr Steve Shepard, USASimultaneous Processing and Analsysis of Multiple Thermographic NDE Data Sequences.
11.45pm-12noonMr Geoff Williams, AUSTRALIAOn-Line Tank And Vessel Inspection Using Automated Ultrasonic Scanning.
12noon-12.15pmDr Konstantin Yeryomin, RUSSIARemote Control of Temperature Influence on Steel Skeletons of Industrial Buildings and Bridge Cranes

13.2 Poster SessionTopic: ManufacturingRoom P3 & P4
12.15pm-12.30pmMr Wang Zicheng, P.R. CHINADevelopment of Automatic Ultrasonic Inspection Systems Used in Heavey Rail Manufacture

12.30pm-1.30pmConference LunchPlaza Foyer

1.30pmTrade Exhibition ClosesRoom P6


14.1 Fundamental & Applied ResearchRoom P1 & P2
2.00pm-2.30pmMr Wei-Chang Zhong, CHINANon-Relevant Indications Along the Base Apex Lines of Work Pieces Magnetized Circumferentially
2.30pm-3.00pmMr Zaiqi Zhou, CHINAUltrasonic Testing for Spatial Grid Structure Evaluation
3.00pm-3.30pmMr Sang Kyun Woo, KOREANon-Destructive Testing Method for the Detection of the Internal Defects Inside Concrete

14.2 Poster SessionTopic: NuclearPlaza Foyer
2.00pm-2.15pmDr Kee-Ok Chang, KOREAThe Research Activities of Irradiation Damage Evaluation on Reactor Pressure Vessel Materials Using NDE Techniques in Korea
2.15pm-2.30pmDr Jong Po Lee, KOREAPerformance Demonstration of Ultrasonic Testing System for Nuclear Power Plant Components in Korea
2.30pm-2.45pmDr SamLai Lee, KOREAThe Degradation Evaluation of Reactor Pressure Vessel Materials due to Neutron Irradiation by Ultrasonic Characteristic Analysis
2.45pm-3.00pmMr Hung-Fa Shyu, TAIWANAn Expert System for Auditing of NPP Maintenance

14.2 Poster SessionTopic: Methods & InstrumentationPlaza Foyer
3.00pm-3.15pmDr Un Su Park, KOREAReliability Assessment of Ultrasonic NDE – Results af a Round Robin Test
3.15pm-3.30pmMr Wei-Chang Zhong, CHINAMagnetization of Ferromagnetic Materials in Geomagnetic Field by Mechanical Strain – Prinicple of Metal Magnetic Memory Testing and Diagnostic Technique

3.30pm-4.00pmClosing Ceremony & Presentation by the Hosts of the 11th A-PCNDT Conference Room P1 & P2

3.30pmConference Registration Desk ClosesPlaza Foyer