Nondestructive Evaluation

This comprehensive textbook/reference details both conventional and forthcoming NDE technologies and instructs on current practices, common techniques and equipment applications, and the potentials and limitations of current NDE methods. Describes the NDE issues associated with real-world applications.Each chapter of Nondestructive Evaluation details a different NDE method and includes an overview of the NDE methodan explanation of the fundamental physical laws governing the methodthe inspection techniques and typical equipment used in the method’s applicationfinal system integration of transducers, supporting instrumentation, and commonly practiced procedures necessary for viable NDE inspectionexamples of how the method can be appliedend-of-chapter problemsContaining over 300 references, Nondestructive Evaluation is an innovative textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical, electrical, quality and reliability, design, structural, industrial, manufacturing, and materials engineering classes, as well as an invaluable reference for engineers in these fields, engineering inspectors, consultants, safety and life-cycle engineers, and nondestructive testing technicians.