Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Special Topics

   1. Fatigue Damage and Its Nondestructive Evaluation: An Overview

      • Otto Buck

      Pages 1-13

   2. Ultrasound Contrast Agents: The Advantage of Albumin Microsphere Technology

      • E. G. Jablonski, H. C. Dittrich, J. M. Bartlett, S. B. Podell

      Pages 15-22

   3. Digital Processing of Remotely Sensed Imagery

      • William B. Green, Danika Jensen, Amy Culver

      Pages 23-31

3. Standard Techniques

   1. Elastic Wave Scattering/Backscattering

      1. Multiple Scattering Calculations by Born Series Integral Equations

         • M. Kitahara, K. Nakagawa

         Pages 33-40

      2. Acoustic Response of a Layer of Spherical Inclusions with a Random or Periodic Arrangement

         • V. K. Kinra, K. Maslov, B. K. Henderson, G. Diderich

         Pages 41-48

      3. Coherent Reflection and Transmission by a Randomly Cracked Elastic Slab

         • Y. C. Angel, A. Bolshakov

         Pages 49-56

      4. Theoretical Evaluation of Ultrasonic Scattering by Flaws in Anisotropic Media

         • Martin Spies, Michael Kröning

         Pages 57-64

      5. Elastic Wave Scattering from a Rough Strip-Like Crack

         • P. Å. Jansson

         Pages 65-71

      6. SH Wave Scattering by a Defect in a Plate

         • Sohichi Hirose

         Pages 73-80

      7. A 2D Hybrid Model for Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Scattering from a Rough Interface Buried in a Layered Medium

         • Smaine Zeroug, Yong-Hua Chen

         Pages 81-88

      8. Use of Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Understanding Texture and the Mechanisms of Backscattered Noise Generation in Titanium Alloys

         • P. D. Panetta, R. B. Thompson, F. J. Margetan

         Pages 89-96

      9. The Application of Angular Profile of Ultrasonic Backscattering on the Layered Substrate

         • Sung D. Kwon, Dong J. Yoon, Bong Y. Ahn

         Pages 97-103

      10. Use of Rician Distributions to Predict the Distributions of Ultrasonic Flaw Signals in the Presence of Backscattered Noise

          • I. Yalda, F. J. Margetan, R. B. Thompson

          Pages 105-112

   2. Guided Waves and Applications

      1. Characteristics of the Reflection of Lamb Waves from Defects in Plates and Pipes

         • Michael Lowe

         Pages 113-120

      2. Wave Propagation in a Plate with Defects

         • Zensheu Chang, Ajit Mal

         Pages 121-128

      3. Effect of Rough Surfaces on Guided Waves in Plates

         • D. E. Chimenti, O. I. Lobkis

         Pages 129-136

      4. Geometrical Acoustics in a Heterogeneous Anisotropic Elastic Solid: Application to a Wavy Composite

         • Kwang Yul Kim, Wei Zou, Wolfgang Sachse

         Pages 137-144

      5. Effects of a Flaw on Acoustic Wave Propagation by an EMAT System

         • T. Sugiura, S. Maruyama

         Pages 145-152

      6. Guided Transient Waves in a Circular Annulus

         • Guoli Liu, Jianmin Qu

         Pages 153-160

These Proceedings, consisting of Parts A and B, contain the edited versions of most of the papers presented at the annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation held at University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, on July 27 to August 1, 1997. The Review was organized by the Center for NDE at Iowa State University, in cooperation with the Ames Laboratory of the USDOE, the American Society of Nondestructive Testing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Science Foundation IndustrylUniversity Cooperative Research Centers. This year's Review of Progress in QNDE was attended by approximately 370 participants from the US and many foreign countries who presented a total of approximately 350 papers. As usual, the meeting was divided into 36 sessions with four sessions running concurrently. The Review covered all phases of NDE research and development from fundamental investigations to engineering applications and inspection systems, and methods of inspection science from acoustics to x-rays. The Review continues to experience some fluctuations in size, mostly under pressure from a decrease in funding for NDE research at the US Federal level, but increased participation from foreign laboratories has more than made up the difference. The Review is ideally sized to permit a full-scale overview of the latest developments in a collegial atmosphere that most participants favor. The opening plenary session this year concentrated on advances in imaging technologies and methodologies that have been made in recent years. Dr. K.

• X-Ray
• composite
• computed tomography (CT)
• fatigue
• modeling
• ultrasound

• Center for NDE Ames Laboratory (USDOE) and Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

  Donald O. Thompson

• Center for NDE and Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

  Dale E. Chimenti

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