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Perform Accurate, Cost-Effective Product Testing Nondestructive testing has become the leading product testing standard, and Handbook of Non-Destructive Evaluations by Chuck Hellier is the unparalleled one-stop, A-to-Z guide to this subject. Covering the background, benefits, limitations, and applications of each, this decision-simplifying resource looks at both the major and emerging nondestructive evaluation methods, including: visual testing…penetrant testing…magnetic particle testing…radiographic testing…Ultrasonic testing… eddy current testing…thermal infrared testing…and acoustic emission testing. In clear, understandable terms, the Handbook shows you how to interpret results and formulate the right decisions based on them, making it a welcome resource for engineers, metallurgists, quality control specialists, and anyone else involved in product design, manufacture, or maintenance. The Handbook is also the ideal prep tool if you’re seeking certification in AWS/CSWIP, ASNT Level III, ACCP, and IRRSP programs. If you’re looking for a one-stop answer to all your nondestructive testing questions, your search ends here. 1 customer reviews The best one yet!. October 9, 2001 Chuck Hellier has succeeded (with lots of help from other authors, I might add) in presenting the first updated handbook covering most all presently used methods of nondestructive testing (NDT). In one volume, he covers personnel certification issues and programs, discontinuities and their formation in metals, VT, PT, MT, RT, UT, ET, IR, and AE. As a person responsible for NDT training in a large company, I heartily welcome this addition to the body of knowledge for NDT. There are other works that cover theory in more detail, i.e. the ASNT handbook series, but this is the best publication to date giving a good introduction to NDT for aspiring technicians, engineers who might use, specify, or recommend NDT, or others interested in the field. The one area Chuck left out concerns ethics in NDT, which might necessitate an even larger volume, were he to address this with the same effort. | ||
The basic principles of each method along with its corresponding capabilities are outlined in 23 separate articles. Detailed information is provided on commonly used methods such as liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, eddy current and radiographic inspection, digital image enhancement, ultrasonic inspection, tomography, and real-time radiography. 1 customer reviews Work Founders on Internal Inconsistency. April 7, 1999 The topic of the work, nondestructive evaluation (NDE), contains all of the tests which engineers use to detect flaws in materials. The possibility of employing these tests raises several questions. In particular: 1) Would it be worthwhile to employ such a test? and 2)If so, which test should be chosen of all the possibilities? The work proposes an approach to answering these questions but founders on an internal inconsistency. The approach suggested employs the well established discipline of statistical decision theory. One estimates the probabilities of false negative and false positive error. From them, one answers question 1) by computing the expected benefit. One answers question 2) by computing the expected benefits of all of the possible tests and ranking them according to this criterion. This approach is standard in a number of diagnostic fields, including medical diagnosis. In medicine, tests are designed for this approach. For example, a physician declares each element of a clinical population as positive or negative for liver cancer and a definitive test is available to determine whether each declaration is true or false. The probability of a false positive in cancer-free patients is then defined as the proportion of cancer-free patients declared positive for cancer and the probability of a false negative in cancer-bearing patients as the proportion of cancer-bearing patients declared negative for cancer. A requirement for the success of this approach is that, after the patients have been diagnosed, there is a one-to-one relationship between the set of false positive events and the set of patients who are falsely diagnosed as positive. The same is true for the sets of false negative, true negative and true positive events. When this relationship is present, an important axiom of probability theory is preserved. This axiom is known as Unit Measure. However, though the work assumes the preservation of Unit Measure, NDE violates it (see "Erratic Measure," in NDE for the Energy Industry-1995, pp. 1-6. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY). In this way, the work's answer to whether one should employ NDE collapses. So does its answer to which of NDE's tests should be used. | ||
1 customer reviews The subject book is a hardback volume.. February 4, 1999 Please check and I think you will find the subject book is a hardbound volume. Paul E. Mix, author. | ||
Discusses applications of failures and evaluation techniques to a variety of industries. | ||
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Nondestructive Testing involves the use of methods such as wave propagation, electromagnetism, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity to test structural integrity and thereby allow nondestructive assessment of structures and the possibility of structural failures before they occur. Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations covers different techniques designed to provide information about the integrity and quality of the material that makes up a deep foundation. Nondestructive Testing methods are used at all stages of a structure's life - from new construction quality control to residual lifetime prediction, and even during the monitoring of demolition. In addition, Nondestructive Testing is being increasingly specified in deep foundation projects, though often without a good understanding of its limitations and with the result that methods are often misused. In order to be able to specify an appropriate method, or to recognize an inappropriate specification, it is necessary for the engineer, specifier and/or contractor to understand the capabilities and limitations of each of the methods currently in use. Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations:
This manual will prove to be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of all practitioners in civil/structural and geotechnical engineering and architecture. It will also provide a valuable insight into this highly technical field for university researchers, lecturers and postgraduate students in civil/structural and geotechnical engineering. | ||
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The book includes fundamental concepts of theory, instrumentation, and experimental practice as well as practical applications. An important chapter setting the book apart from other publications describes the properties of materials and presents case studies from industry. In addition, a program called IRNDT accompanies the book and is available on the Wiley ftp site. The program includes an image bank that can be used to test the principles covered in the book. | ||
Nondestructive testing (NDT) is used to examine the ability of materials and components to withstand loads. Two features of NDT are defect inspection and materials characterization. Because of the increasing ability to manufacture materials and products "defect free" there is less need for defect-oriented NDT but an increasing need for materials characterization. This book is the first comprehensive work on materials characterization, presenting the state of the art and practical applications. Materials characterization is used during production, operations, service intervals, or after repairs. Materials are used to withstand mechanical, thermal, chemical, and irradiation loads-or a combination thereof. The ability to withstand these loads is essentially a function of parameters like chemical composition, microstructure, macrostructure, residual stresses, and materials properties. The physical background of NDT is presented along with its different methods. Ultrasonics, electromagnetics, and X-rays are treated with appropriate detail, while other methods such as acoustic emission, vibration analysis, optical, and thermal methods are also covered. The different methods of materials characterization are discussed following the goal parameters, from atomic to macroscopic dimensions. One of the practical features of the book is the presentation of real world applications. On-line process control and condition monitoring are discussed, as well as off-line applications for materials characterization after production and after operation. |
