| Preface | p. XI |
| Organisation | p. XIII |
| Opening lectures | |
| The European Federation for NDT (EFNDT)-Background, structure, objectives, aims | p. 3 |
| The history and the driving forces of non destructive testing today and beyond 2000 | p. 11 |
| Visual and optical inspection | |
| The importance of laser speckle correlation for measuring initial orthopaedic and orthondontic forces in vivo and in vitro | p. 17 |
| Non-destructive testing of composite sandwich panels using optical interferometric methods | p. 25 |
| Light scattering analysis, a NDT method for the study of corrosion | p. 31 |
| Visual detection reliability of fatigue cracks in aircraft test laboratory | p. 37 |
| Acoustic emission | |
| Use of AE methods for maintenance planning | p. 45 |
| On the use of acoustic emission for damage mode identification in the case of ceramic matrix composites subjected to compact tension test | p. 51 |
| Acoustic emission monitoring of a 12m wind turbine FRP blade during static and fatigue loading | p. 59 |
| The advantages of modal acoustic emission for damage monitoring in CFRP laminates | p. 67 |
| The use of acoustic emission as a condition monitoring tool of rotating and reciprocating machinery | p. 75 |
| Ultrasonics | |
| Plate waves and air-coupled ultrasonic transducers for NDE of composite materials | p. 81 |
| Dynamic focusing of phased arrays for non-destructive testing: Characterization and application | p. 89 |
| Rapid manual inspection and mapping using integrated ultrasonic arrays | p. 97 |
| Ultrasonic array technique for the inspection of copper canisters for nuclear waste fuel | p. 107 |
| New chances in manual ultrasonic testing | p. 113 |
| Non-destructive damage characterization of marble subjected to bending | p. 117 |
| State identification of loose substance in the closed container | p. 125 |
| Directional characteristic of ultrasonic transducer calculated by optical data | p. 131 |
| Non-linear ultrasonics | |
| Overview of opportunities for nonlinear acoustic applications in material characterization and NDE | p. 137 |
| Single mode nonlinear resonance acoustic spectroscopy for damage detection in quasi-brittle materials | p. 145 |
| Detection and characterization of defects with vibro-acoustic modulation technique | p. 153 |
| Application of nonlinear wave modulation spectroscopy to discern material damage | p. 159 |
| Infrared methods | |
| Diffusion-wave diagnostics: Emerging quality-control technologies for materials NDE/NDT | p. 169 |
| A proposal for magneto-thermal NDT in conducting materials | p. 179 |
| NDT of smart structures | p. 187 |
| In-situ evaluation of thermal deformation of ceramic wafers under CO[subscript 2] laser irradiation | p. 193 |
| Radiography | |
| Desk-top X-ray microtomograph and it's applications | p. 203 |
| X-ray refraction: New methods for nondestructive evaluation of advanced materials | p. 207 |
| Special techniques | |
| In service monitoring of fibre reinforced composites with Bragg sensors | p. 215 |
| Experimental study of sizing of surface cracks by using leakage magnetic field and Hall element probe | p. 223 |
| Poisson's ratio reduction as a damage indicator in cross-plied carbon fibre-reinforced polymers | p. 229 |
| Numerical modelling | |
| A study on the wave propagation in axisymmetric tanks through the boundary element method | p. 237 |
| Influence of fluid-solid coupling on the damage behaviour of quasi-brittle nonsaturated porous media | p. 245 |
| Numerical ultrasonic holographic imaging by direct backward propagation | p. 253 |
| Material characterisation | |
| Determination of the mortar's ultimate modulus of elasticity using the longitudinal resonant frequency method | p. 263 |
| Ultrasonic on-line non-destructive evaluation of elastic properties of paper | p. 269 |
| Characterization of cast irons by leaky Rayleigh surface acoustic waves | p. 275 |
| Measurement of the porosity in clay matrixes cooked between 500[degree]C and 1060[degree]C by non-destructive control: Porosimetry to water | p. 283 |
| NDT of civil engineering structures | |
| Ultrasound application in civil engineering - Future steps | p. 293 |
| Modal testing as a tool for non-destructive testing of concrete structures | p. 301 |
| Damage evaluation in reinforced concrete using damping measurements | p. 309 |
| Evaluation of damage in concrete units due to earthquake action and repair, by ultrasonic pulse technique | p. 317 |
| Integrated non-destructive evaluation for the protection of cultural heritage | p. 323 |
| Assessment of damage of stone monuments due to earthquakes, and repair by ultrasonic technique | p. 335 |
| Inspection of pipes | |
| Down-hole characterisation of mineral deposits in petroleum pipelines | p. 343 |
| The non-destructive method of estimation of sediment layer thickness in pipes: Problems, algorithms, PC-simulation | p. 351 |
| Application of the eddy current method in ferritic weld inspection | p. 357 |
| Reliability and validation | |
| The significance to NDT of defects in adhesively bonded structures | p. 365 |
| Correlation of ISO 9000 and 14000 with the procedures of non-destructive testing | p. 369 |
| Author index | p. 377 |
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