Volume 43 Number 1 January 2001
Comment,
by Dr H Harper, President, BINDT | 2
| | COVER STORY: The South West School of NDT achieves PCN Test Centre status | 4
| | NEWSDESK: Zetec appoints new representation in the UK and Ireland; Hounsfield tests the Euro; Ardrox incorporated into ERG; David Lovejoy moves within the Minton, Treharne, and Davies Group; World first in bridge testing for Servotest; Indentec grades balls automatically; Alison joins Peak NDT; Bohlin instruments acquires Rosand rheology product lines; Accreditation smashes technical barriers to trade; Global reach for servo testing technology through new business alliance | 6
| FEATURES
Transient eddy current NDE for ageing aircraft - capabilities and limitations,
by R A Smith and G R Hugo | 14
| High frequency ultrasonic wheel probe using hydrophilic polymers as novel solid couplant,
by S J Bourne, M Newborough and D J Highgate | 26
| X-ray computerised tomography for quantitative measurement of density variations in materials,
by S F Burch | 29
| International experience in the application of the ENIQ methodology,
by C Waites, J Whittle and R V Booler | 32
| The production of capability statements for standard NDT procedures,
by R K Chapman and K J Bowker | 36
| Neutron radiography in Slovenia,
by J J Rant | 39
| Industrial radiography - managing radiation risks,
by K Davies | 46
| Volume 43 Number 2 February 2001
Comment,
by Peter Mudge, Past President, BINDT | 66
| | NEWSDESK: Krautkramer and DERA sign agreement for manufacture of ANDSCAN®2000; Eurotek Systems gears up to meet the new European Calibration Standards; Sonatest signs agreement to acquire world-wide Balteau X-Ray business and technology; Automatic MPI system for inspection of tube ends; Ultrasonic Sciences moves and expands; Cygnus appoints new UK distributor; Registered engineers’ qualifications to be recognised in Europe | 68
| SPECIAL FEATURE: INSPECTION OF PIPES AND PIPELINES
Field application of the Teletest® long-range ultrasonic testing technique,
by P J Mudge | 74
| Field experience of using long-range ultrasonic testing,
by M Sheard and A McNulty | 79
| New portable pipe wall thickness measuring techniques,
by J E Pascente | 84
| Condition monitoring of inaccessible piping,
by C H P Wassink, M A Robers, J A de Raad and T Bouma | 86
| Incident angle selection for the guided wave inspection of pipe defects,
by L Liu, M J Avioli and J L Rose | 89
| Rapid long-range inspection of chemical plant pipework using guided waves,
by D N Alleyne, B Pavlakovic, M J S Lowe and P Cawley | 93
| New concepts for corrosion inspection of pipelines by digital industrial radiology (DIR),
by U Zscherpel, Y Onel and U Ewert | 97
| Predicting the remaining lifetime of in-service pipelines based on sample inspection data,
by C R A Schneider, A Muhammed and R M Sanderson | 102
| Acoustic emission techniques: the optimum solution for leakage detection and location in water pipelines,
by M Fantozzi and E Fontana | 105
| FEATURES
Comparative investigation of microporosity in die-cast AlSi12(Cu) alloys by neutron and X-ray radiography, as well as ultrasonic evaluation,
by Z Szalay and M Balaskó | 108
| Volume 43 Number 2 February 2001
Comment,
by Peter Mudge, Past President, BINDT | 66
| | NEWSDESK: Krautkramer and DERA sign agreement for manufacture
of ANDSCAN®2000; Eurotek Systems gears up to meet the new
European Calibration Standards; Sonatest signs agreement to acquire
world-wide Balteau X-Ray business and technology; Automatic MPI system
for inspection of tube ends; Ultrasonic Sciences moves and expands;
Cygnus appoints new UK distributor; Registered engineers' qualifications
to be recognised in Europe | 68
| SPECIAL FEATURE: INSPECTION OF PIPES AND PIPELINES
Field application of the Teletest® long-range ultrasonic testing technique,
by P J Mudge | 74
| Field experience of using long-range ultrasonic testing,
by M Sheard and A McNulty | 79
| New portable pipe wall thickness measuring techniques,
by J E Pascente | 84
| Condition monitoring of inaccessible piping,
by C H P Wassink, M A Robers, J A de Raad and T Bouma | 86
| Incident angle selection for the guided wave inspection of pipe defects,
by L Liu, M J Avioli and J L Rose | 89
| Rapid long-range inspection of chemical plant pipework using guided waves,
by D N Alleyne, B Pavlakovic, M J S Lowe and P Cawley | 93
| New concepts for corrosion inspection of pipelines by
digital industrial radiology (DIR),
by U Zscherpel, Y Onel and U Ewert | 97
| Predicting the remaining lifetime of in-service pipelines based
on sample inspection data,
by C R A Schneider, A Muhammed and R M Sanderson | 102
| Acoustic emission techniques: the optimum solution for leakage detection
and location in water pipelines,
by M Fantozzi and E Fontana | 105
| FEATURES
Comparative investigation of microporosity in die-cast AlSi12(Cu) alloys
by neutron and X-ray radiography, as well as ultrasonic evaluation,
by Z Szalay and M Balaskó
Volume 43 Number 3 European Issue March 2001
Comment,
by George Georgiou | 130
| | NEWSDESK: PBA removes doubts from Brinell testing; Using lasers to assess
the condition of fragile works of art; Examination specimens; Modernisation and
expansion of production capacity at Foerster; Bob Senior - history of an expert;
Oil and gas project launched | 132
| COVER STORY: A revelation in NDT instrumentation - harnessing technology
to serve the customer's needs and wants,
by T Hasselbeck | 138
| | ENGINEERING COUNCIL NEWS: Exciting future for engineering - at home
and abroad; New Engineering and Technology Board to be formed | 140
| CEN STANDARDS: 12th Progress Report and Working Programme on
European Standards on non-destructive testing, January 2001,
by R Halmshaw | 142
| | CERTIFICATION IN EUROPE: The European Certification Process (ECP) | 145
| SPECIAL FEATURE: NDT IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
Laser shearography inspection for aircraft and space structures,
by R Gregory | 150
| Health monitoring of aerospace structures with acoustic emission and
acousto-ultrasonics,
by R D Finlayson, M Friesel, M Carlos, P Cole
and J C Lenain | 155
| Novel non-destructive technique to assess the degradation of adhesively bonded
composite structures,
by P Boinard, R A Pethrick, W M Banks and R L Crane | 159
| Automatic scanning with multi-frequency eddy current on multilayered structures,
by B van den Bos, S Sahlén and J Andersson | 163
| Pulsed ultrasonic spectroscopy for roughness measurement of hidden
corroded surfaces,
by R A Smith and D A Bruce | 168
| Ultrasound lock-in thermography - a defect-selective NDT method for the
inspection of aerospace components,
by Th Zweschper, A Dillenz and G Busse | 173
| FEATURES
Recent advances in ultrasonic inspection of railway axles and wheels,
by H Wüstenberg, A Erhard, N Bertus, H Hintze and M Schüßler | 180
| Applications of the phased array technique in the ultrasonic inspection of
electric power plant,
by A García and J Vazquez | 183
| NDT FUNDAMENTALS: The basic principles, capabilities and limitations
of ultrasonic NDT, Part 2. Basic principles of ultrasonic NDT: II,
by G A Georgiou and A B Wooldridge | 188
| | 15TH WCNDT: Reflections of Rome | 194
| CONFERENCE REPORT: ASNT's 2000 Fall Conference and Quality Testing Show,
by David J Gilbert | 198
| CONFERENCE REPORT: The 8th Annual NATL Conference,
by Phil Ford | 199
| Volume 43 Number 4 April 2001
Comment,
by Michel Honlet, Managing Director, Honlet Optical
Systems GmbH | 218
| | NEWSDESK: Jos Vancoppernolle to head Agfa's NDT Business Group;
Sercal fully accredited for standards old and new; EU training project
in Poland a great success for DGZfP; Nortest to offer Binder temperature
and climatic chambers; New Board to make engineering's contribution
more effective | 220
| SPECIAL FEATURE: THERMAL AND OPTICAL NDT METHODS
Laser techniques for quality evaluation,
by Baldev Raj, C Babu Rao and P Kalyanasundaram | 226
| Optical methods in non-destructive testing,
by R S Sirohi | 230
| Study of the electro-erosion process by the analysis of speckle correlation,
by R Dias Paiva Jr, N G Gaggioli, E N Hogert, M R Landau, J Marengo,
M Muramatsu, M F Ruiz Gale and D Soga | 235
| Examination of plastered mosaic surfaces using NDT techniques,
by A Moropoulou, N P Avdelidis, E Aggelakopoulou, S Griniezakis, M Koui,
A Aggelopoulos, P Karmis and N K Uzunoglou | 241
| Laser-shearography for non-destructive testing of large-area composite
helicopter structures,
by R Pezzoni and R Krupka | 244
| Rapid stress analysis by means of full-field thermoelasticity,
by M Honlet and B R Boyce | 249
| Thermal NDE enhanced by 3D numerical modelling applied to works of art,
by E Grinzato, P G Bison, S Marinetti and V Vavilov | 254
| Eddy current holography evaluation of delamination in carbon-epoxy composites,
by R Grimberg, D Prémel, A Savin, Y Le Bihan and D Placko | 260
| Laser scattering for surface roughness measurement,
by C Babu Rao, P Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj | 265
| Volume 43 Number 5 May 2001
Comment,
by John Rudlin | 290
| | NEWSDESK: Phased arrays may improve rail inspection; Vietnam success
for Indentec; Fred Couch adds his expertise to Hocking NDT; Phoenix in probe
deal with AEA Technology; Ultrasonic materials monitoring; Cross-Channel
tunnel vision: Eurotunnel brings thermography in-house; Sonatest and Dakota
Ultrasonics sign merger agreement; Prüftechnik (UK) takes over representation
of AIMS NDT product range in the UK | 292
| COVER STORY: Automatic magnetic particle inspection becomes a reality
with newly developed system from Tiede,
by C Sampson | 299
| SPECIAL FEATURE: ELECTROMAGNETIC NDT
Electromagnetic and eddy current NDT: a review,
by A Sophian, G Y Tian, D Taylor and J Rudlin | 302
| Inspection of high-voltage transmission lines using eddy current and
magnetic flux leakage methods,
by G-A Rao, Y-H Kang and S-Z Yang | 307
| The effect of plastic deformation on magnetic flux leakage signals in steel,
by A Dhar, L Clapham and D L Atherton | 310
| Eddy current frequency output sensors for precision engineering,
by Gui Yun Tian | 316
| Applications using the alternating current field measurement (ACFM)
technique, using rope access,
by A Raine and C Laenen | 318
| Preparation of calibration standards for eddy current assessment
of non-conductive coating thickness,
by A Perotti, L Lanzani, P Coronel and M Ruch | 323
| FEATURES
| PERSONALITY PROFILE: Bill Lord - putting computer technology to
work solving NDT problems | 330
| Volume 43 Number 6 European Issue June 2001
| Comment, by Robin Shipp | 354
| | NEWSDESK: Complete quality package from Sercal; Sales boom highlights growth
of TOFD; More Level 3 success at Lavender; R/D Tech acquires Westinghouse probe manufacturing group; Specialist rope access company offers safe and cost-effective solutions; Sira introduces state-of-the-art humidity calibration lab; Materials testing on-line via the internet; New radioscopic centre for Seifert; Easy analysis of oil samples; Godfrey Hands wins offshore contract; National Instruments and Siemens announce co-operative initiative; Examination availability on the increase; PAC and PTI team up | 356
| | COVER STORY: New ultrasonic flaw detector purpose-designed for
hazardous environments | 364
| EURO FOCUS: NDT IN LITHUANIA
Lithuanian connection for holographic materials supplier
A review of NDT activities in Lithuania, by R Kazys | 369
| NDT activity in the Ignalina nuclear power plant,
by Y Saburov, R Kazys and R Sliteris | 372
| Development and application of vibroacoustic diagnostics and condition monitoring
methods in Lithuania,
by V Volkovas | 376
| | Barkhausen noise measurement and its application, by V Augutis and Z Nakutis | 381
| Ultrasonic non-destructive testing of journal bearings,
by R Kazys, L Mazeika, R Sliteris and A Voleisis | 385
| A test method for the evaluation of the heat insulation layer of heat supply pipes,
by V Augutis and D Gailius | 390
| SPECIAL FEATURE: NDT OFFSHORE
Experiences in the use of ACFM for offshore platform inspection in Brazil,
by F C R Marques, M V M Martins and D A Topp | 394
| Ultrasonic inspection of risers - a simple and affordable alternative to
self-contained pigging,
by R van Agthoven and J A de Raad | 399
| Inspection of offshore flexible risers with electromagnetic and radiographic techniques,
by E Veith, C Bucherie, J L Lechien, J L Jarrousse and B Rattoni | 404
| HOIS2000 - for improved NDT technology and information in the oil and gas industry,
by S F Burch and C B Scruby | 409
| FEATURES
Advanced second-generation selenium-75 gamma-radiography sources,
by M G Shilton | 414
| The use of selenium-75 gamma-rays for the radiography of polyethylene
materials used for natural gas and water distribution,
by C Dragnea | 418
| TECHNICAL NOTE: Pipe weld radiography: some comments on the
interpretation of BS-EN-1435:1997,
by R Halmshaw | 422
| Volume 43 Number 7 July 2001
| Comment, by Professor J H Bungey | 442
| | NEWSDESK: Agfa to acquire Pantak; Sonatest and MFE announce new partnership; Institut Dr Förster mourns loss of president; NDT equipment catalogue and price guide; Don't panic over PANI, operators told; Engineering Council supports the rail industry in vital training of engineers; New MD for Plant Integrity; Designers 'get hip' with analysis software; Electrochemical testing of welds | 444
| | SPECIAL FEATURE: NDT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
| Frequency characteristics of GPR antennas,
by S G Millard, A Shaari and J H Bungey | 450
| SQUID system for magnetic inspection of prestressed tendons on concrete bridges,
by H-J Krause, W Wolf, W Glaas, E Zimmermann, M I Faley, G Sawade,
G Neudert, U Gampe and J Krieger | 458
| Non-destructive pile testing and data analysis at Bothkennar,
by J N Watson, C L Wan and C A Fairfield | 462
| Bragg grating strain measurements during the construction of a prestressed concrete girder bridge,
by W Moerman, W De Waele, C Coppens, L Taerwel, J Degrieck,
R Baets and M Callens 467
Testing times for building managers,
by M Nugent | 470
| FEATURE
Questions & Answers regarding Trichloroethylene reclassification,
information from the Dow Chemical Co | 473
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