Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

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July 2000

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Recent Developments

• Wireless NDTE Telemetry
• Electromagnetic Corrosion Inspection Technique
• Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Sorting Plastics
• Release of ISO's Draft Standards
• A Stronger Metrology Global Pact
• Corrosion Detection Inside Concrete
• Finer Sensors for Eddy-Current Equipment
• Acoustic Tests for Watermelons' Ripeness
• X-Ray Inspection System for Pipe Flaws
• Fiber-Optic Sensors for Composite Cure Monitoring
• Sagnac Ultrasound Sensors for Process Monitoring
• Radar Identification of Metallic and Nonmetallic Objects

Updates

Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Ultrasound and Acoustic Technologies
• Radiographic Technologies
• Magnetic Techniques
• Squids for Metallic Defects and Corrosion Detection
• Electric Techniques
• Microwave and Millimeter Radio Waves
• Visual Enhancement and Optical Techniques
• Thermographic Techniques

Commercial Development Parameters

• Financial Metrics for NDTE
• NDTE's Changing Role
• Regulatory Factors
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Future NDTE Needs

Areas to Monitor

• Looking Ahead in 1999
• Drivers for Increased Automotive NDTE
• Conflicts of Interest for NDTE Regulators
• Laser Feedback Interferometry
• X-Ray Technology Advances
• Airport-Security Inspection
• Food Quality Inspection
• Composite Manufacturing Inspection
• Land-Mine Inspection
• Medical-Imaging Inspection

Implications

• Maintaining Infrastructure through NDTE
• Advanced Data Manipulation and NDTE

Market Development

Applications

• Materials Manufacturing
• Processing and Manufacturing Industries
• Pipelines
• Power Industry
• Oil Industry
• Aerospace Industry
• Defense Industry
• Security Industry
• Automotive Industry
• Microelectronics Industry
• Construction Industry
• Medical-Imaging Industry

Players