Non-destructive Testing of Materials and Parts: Techniques, Case Studies and Practical Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2024 | Viewed by 1783
Special Issue Editors
Interests: composites; machining; damage onset and propagation; damage assessment; image processing; non-destructive testing; mechanical testing
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Interests: biodegradable composites; green composites; mechanical characterization; production technologies; damage assessment; non-destructive techniques
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is the application of scientific principles of physics, chemistry, and mathematics for the development of adequate procedures and specific equipment that can be used to study a part, object, or complex structure, like a car, airplane, or railway bridge, without causing any harm to the object under examination.
NDT is also used in many other industries, as well as in other non-industrial applications; for example, NDT is used to make sure that parts do not have defects that would make the customer unhappy or that passengers and luggage in an airport comply with the strict safety regulations. Some of the equipment and procedures used in NDT can also be found in the medical field, like with the use of X-rays in dental work or ultrasound in echography.
Presently, there is no doubt about the importance of NDT, as it leads to a considerable amount of savings by not destroying parts, some of them expensive, as it replaces the still too present destructive testing technique. Nowadays, there are many NDT techniques available. The field of quality control works to perfect these technologies year after year, allowing us to effectively replace destructive testing.
This Special Issue intends to act as a forum for the presentation of the latest developments in the field of research and development, as well as the demonstration of practical cases of the application of NDT in all industrial areas that can help foster future developments on this interesting theme. The most recent breakthroughs in the development of equipment and instruments by the NDT machine manufacturers will play an important role, allowing the NDT community to be in contact with some cutting-edge techniques and enabling new possibilities for their usage in new areas.
As Editors of this Special Issue, it is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript, whether in the form of research articles or review articles. All submissions will be peer reviewed, and a first decision will be provided to authors approximately 14 days after submission. Once accepted, papers will be published continuously in the journal and listed together on the Special Issue webpage.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Luís Miguel Pereira Durão
Prof. Dr. Nuno Calçada Loureiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- NDT techniques
- image processing
- damage assessment
- damage modelling
- reliability
- safety
- mechanical strength
- standardization
