Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)
Basic Processing Steps of a Liquid Penetrant Inspection Surface Preparation: One of the most critical steps of a liquid penetrant inspection is the surface preparation. The surface must be free…
Codes and Standards Bodies Involved in NDT Industry
Most countries have one or more organizations (“standards bodies”) that develop and publish technical industrial standards. Some don't, and those usually reference existing codes and standards for their manufacturing, fabrication…
Codes and Standards Overview
Codes, regulatory requirements, standards, specifications and recommended practices are used in all aspects of construction, fabrication, manufacturing and inspection. The following is a brief description of each of these categories…
NDT Test Methods
Test method names often refer to the type of penetrating medium or the equipment used to perform that test. Current NDT methods are: Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT), Magnetic Particle Testing…
What Is Non-destructive Testing?
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and technology industry to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage. The…
Methods and Tools for the Temporal Analysis of Avionic Networks
Thanks to the Integrated Modular Avionics concept , functions developed for civilian aircraft share computation resources. However, the continual growing number of these functions implies a huge increase in the…
Cognitive Radio: UWB Integration and Related Antenna Design
The emerging feature-rich and high-data-rate wireless applications have put increasing demand on radio spectrum. The scarcity of spectrum and the inefficiency in its usage, as caused by the current radio …
Identification of Distributed Parameter Systems, Basedon Sensor Networks
The chapter theme results at the crossroads of some major scientific and technical domains: modern intelligent wireless sensor networks, distributed parameter systems, multivariable linear and non-linear estimation techniques, especially using…
Information Technologyin Collaborative Networks
The purpose of an information system is to manage data, information and knowledge connected with human activity. Information Systems in Collaborative Networks manage available data and describe conditions and information …
The oretical Issuesin Modeling of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks
In large-scale WSNs (wireless sensor networks), packets of a source node are often transmitted via multi-hop relays to reach their sink nodes. The hop-count, h, of a sink node is…
