ADVANCED METHODS IN NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
Module 1
Visual Testing -Liquid Penetrant Testing-Magnetic Particle Testing- Magnetic Particle Testing
Equipment- Eddy Current Testing – Selection of testing methods- Codes, Standards and
Specifications.
Module 2
Fundamentals of Ultrasonic Waves-- Snell’s law and critical angles – Fresnel and Fraunhofer
effects– wave propagation in other engineering materials. Generation of ultrasonic waves–
contact testing, immersion testing. Ultrasonic Guided Waves- Basics of guided waves–
Generation of guided waves–Introduction to Electro –Magnetic Acoustic Transducer(EMAT
-Optical methods in Ultrasonics- Laser Ultrasonics –optical detection of ultrasound –
measurement of in plane displacement and velocity – Laser shearography – Applications
Module 3
Basic Principles of Radiography -Film Radiography -Radiographic Image Quality and
Radiographic Techniques -Radiation Detectors and Safety - Principle of radiation- Special
Radiographic Techniques and Interpretation of radiographs of Fluoroscopy-Real-time
radioscopy – Principle of neutron radiography - – Principle and application of in-motion and
flash radiography- Interpretation of radiographs:- Interpretation for welds, castings etc,
applications, various case studies, Inspection standards - applicable codes, standards and
specifications (ASME, ASTM, AWS, BS, IBR etc.)
Module 4
Phased Array Techniques- Principles of phased array inspection – phased array probes and
their characteristics – Phased array wedges – Focal law– Beam shaping, steering –Scanning
with phased array probes- linear, sectorial, C scan. Time of Flight Diffraction Theory and
principles of Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD)–Data acquisition and interpretation– TOFD
techniques – selection of probe angle– calibration and optimization, optimizing angles– flaw
location and sizing– codes and standards–interpretation, evaluation, applications.
Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique (SAFT). Structural Health Monitoring
(SHM)-methods- strain gauging- genetic algorithm
Module 5
Acoustic emission inspection-Leak Testing - -Thermographic NDE- Contact and non contact
thermal inspection methods– Heat sensitive paints – Heat sensitive papers -Inspection
methods – Infrared radiation and infrared detectors–thermo mechanical behavior of
materials– IR imaging in aerospace applications-Digital Radiography and Computed
Tomography (CT) -computed radiography(CR) and direct radiography (DR) -industrial CT.
