Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. NDE Reliability

   1. The Reliability of Ultrasonic Inspection: Developments in Quantitative NDE in the United Kingdom

      • J. M. Coffey

      Pages 1-12

   2. Use of Field-Flaw Interaction Theories to Quantify and Improve Inspection Reliability

      • R. B. Thompson, D. O. Thompson, H. M. Burte, D. E. Chimenti

      Pages 13-24

   3. Quantifying NDI Capability for Damage Tolerance Analyses

      • A. P. Berens, P. W. Hovey

      Pages 25-35

   4. Human Factors Considerations in the Assessment of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Reliability

      • Ward D. Rummel

      Pages 37-46

3. Ultrasonics

   1. Probability of Detection

      1. Ultrasonic Detection of Cracks in Web Geometries

         • T. A. Gray, R. B. Thompson

         Pages 47-56

      2. Ultrasonic Microstructural Noise Parameters in a Powder Metal Alloy

         • B. R. Tittmann, L. A. Ahlberg, K. W. Fertig

         Pages 57-64

      3. Statistical Flaw Detection: Theory

         • K. W. Fertig, J. M. Richardson, R. K. Elsley

         Pages 65-79

      4. Statistical Flaw Detection: Application to Flaws Below Curved Surfaces

         • R. K. Elsley, K. W. Fertig, J. M. Richardson, R. S. Linebarger

         Pages 81-93

   2. Scattering

      1. Application of Multiple Scattering Theory to Sub-Surface Defects

         • E. Domany, O. Entin-Wohlman

         Pages 95-109

      2. Resonances and Surface Waves in Elastic Wave Scattering from Cavities and Inclusions

         • P. P. Delsanto, J. D. Alemar, E. Rosario, J. V. Subrahmanyam, A. Nagl, H. Überall et al.

         Pages 111-121

      3. A New Parabolic Approximation to the Helmholtz Equation

         • J. Corones, R. Dougherty, H. McMaken

         Pages 123-131

      4. Crack-Tip Diffraction in a Transversely Isotropic Solid

         • A. N. Norris, J. D. Achenbach

         Pages 133-141

      5. Scattering of Elastic Waves by Inclined Subsurface Cracks

         • Vasundara V. Varadan, Sheng-Jy Tsao, Vijay K. Varadan

         Pages 143-150

      6. A Theoretical Model of Ultrasonic Examination of Smooth Flat Cracks

         • R. K. Chapman, J. M. Coffey

         Pages 151-162

      7. Specular Reflection by Contacting Crack Faces

         • J. D. Achenbach, A. N. Norris

         Pages 163-173

      8. Scattering Of Obliquely Incident Rayleigh Waves by a Surface-Breaking Crack

         • Y. C. Angel, J. D. Achenbach, A. N. Norris

         Pages 175-185

      9. Scattering of Rayleigh Surface Waves from Partly-Closed Surface-Breaking Cracks

         • William Visscher

         Pages 187-197

      10. Interactions of Simulated Partially Closed Cracks with Acoustic Waves

          • O. Buck, C. J. Fiedler, L. K. Reed, K. M. Lakin, R. B. Thompson

          Pages 199-206

      11. The Effects of Crack Closure on Ultrasonic Scattering Measurements

          • R. B. Thompson, C. J. Fiedler

          Pages 207-215

This Proceedings contains the edited papers presented at the annual Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE held at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Aug. 7-12, 1983. In it, papers have been arranged topically by chapters and subsections rather than by order of presentation at the Review. The editors believe that this format is preferable as a reference volume. Thus, the Proceedings contains nine chapters and subsections which provide broad coverage of topics of current interest in NDE research and development. The Review was sponsored by the Center for Advanced NDE, Ames Laboratory of the U. S. Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, USDOE, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Materials Laboratory of the Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, and the Naval Sea Systems Command. Approximately 275 attendees representing various government agencies, industry, and academia participated in the technical presentations, poster sessions, and discussions. This Review, possibly the most comprehensive annual symposium in NDE, emphasizes both basic research and early engineering applications; it provides a valuable forum for the transfer of technical information. Para­ graphs given below provide a brief summary of the contents of the Proceedings. Chapter 1 consists of four papers that discuss elements of NDE Reliability and contains the keynote paper given by Dr. J. M. Coffey of the NDT Applications Centre, Central Electricity Generating Board, Manchester, England. In his paper, Dr.

• basic research
• ceramics
• development
• electricity
• energy
• engine
• industry
• material
• materials
• non-destructive testing
• nondestructive testing
• reliability
• research
• scattering
• scattering theory

• Ames Laboratory (USDOE), Iowa State University, Ames, USA

  Donald O. Thompson

• Materials Laboratory Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, USA

  Dale E. Chimenti

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