NDT on the Internet A multimedia tour based on Internet documents by Rolf Diederichs publisher of Ultrasonic Testing On-Line Journals. Deutsch

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The World Wide Web is the main information source which combines many information channels. Publications Online Journals Library Literature Services Databases Market Company Home Pages Software/Demo Downloads Newsgroup Participation Online Programs (Java) E-Mail File Transfer FTP all this with graphics, multimedia and is 'simple' to operate! It should still be developed to be 'simple'.

Internet access is possible through .... ...... .........or the more professional way, through an Internet provider

The Internet - Tools 10min
Program	Function	Movie
	This program is a dialer and provides the basic access to the Internet provider. All other programs can be started when the connection is established.	1 min We log in.
	This is the center for all E-Mail communication. It has a lot of advantages, such as back up and search capability. Further, it is very inexpensive. This is especially good for long distances. It provides the feature for attachments, also. Hence, it can do more than just a plain text information. With your E-Mail address, you could receive many free services, e.g. electronic delivery services. For instant, the NDT-Mailing List, which can save a lot of time.	1 min We pick up mail.
	The browser is for the World Wide Web and is a viewer and navigator for all Internet hypertext documents (HTML). Due to integration of many other protocols, e.g. E-Mail and newsgroups, this tool gets more and more to be the center for all Internet functions. Even Internet Phone is integrated in new the Netscape browser, which hold 80% market.	2 min We search for 'Eddy Current'.
	For comfortable newsgroup access, a separate tool provides many features. The NDT technology has opened in 1995, our own newsgroup named "sci.technique.testing.nondestructive" , and about five messages are posted daily.	2 min We read the newsgroup.
	The Telnet connection needs this program. Before the World Wide Web was created, this protocol was mostly used for host connections. Today, many databases are still using this interface, which is less user-friendly and, therefore, database providers started to offer their service through World Wide Web interfaces	2 min Access to CORDIS EU-Database.
	With Archie, it is possible to search for a specific file name and from what site it can be downloaded. It's more or less a useful tool for software programmers. However, this function also is changing to be integrated in the World Wide Web feature, where you can enter a file name into the World Wide Web search engines. For instance, the Alta Vista site.	2 min We search for a file.
	Fast typists can communicate through an Internet-Real-Time Chat channel. For NDT discussions, the Chat Channel #NDT was opened. IRC is actually a kind of conference system. However, it is very time consuming. Future for discussion groups will have phone and video conferences. Find the announcement: "Topics of the weekly NDT Conference on IRC" here.	2 min 4 NDT'ers on the Chat.

A large NDT Internet source is the Ultrasonic Testing -Online Journal There are many resources available for UT as well as for other NDT methods.

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Some other examples of NDT sites on the Internet

NDT - Literature , Abstracts, full text, table of contents ASNT Publications NDT handbooks and ASNT Publications Level III Study Guides BInstNDT Publications Table of Contents of Research in Nondestructive Evaluation IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control /March 1996, Volume 43, Issue 2 Literature Service from NTIAC - Approximately 60 journals are surveyed for articles on NDT Full text: Porosity-dependence of elastic properties and ultrasonic velocity in polycrystalline alumina PDF File mit Adobe Viewer zu lesen Author's Publicationes ,e.g., Christian Grosse Institute Uni Stuttgart List of Publishers which provides Internet services NDT Societies DGZfP Home page ---------->The first virtual NDT society "MTIR" is founded On-Line information about conferences and fairs ASNT's 1996 Spring Conference 1996 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM Many home pages providing lists of Internet sites List by NTIAC Texas A topical list by TWI Abington "Connecting to the world" Databases are an important part of the Internet. Database Info INSPEC Database - Search example (TWI Weldasearch, NDT-Database von AEA, Cordis ....) Already in the beginning of 1996, about 50 NDT companies could be found (AEA Sonomatic, Panametrics, QMI, StressTel, Sonix, SEA ......)