Figure 1. Ultrasonic testing using pulse echo and through-transmission methods. Pulse echo (left and center) uses a transducer that sends and receives ultrasound energy, producing both A- and B-scan ...

Dr. Park Chan Wook (Postdoctoral Researcher, Non-Destructive Metrology Group, KRISS); The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho-seong) has developed an ultrasonic ...

Ultrasound inspection is a non-destructive testing method that detects electrical emissions and mechanical conditions in equipment. Predictive and proactive inspection of rotating equipment is ...

The hidden nature of composite damage poses an unusual challenge for the cycling industry. “A CFRP frame can sustain significant internal damage in the form of delamination, matrix cracking or ply ...

A sensor has been developed that can detect structural defects in real-time even in challenging environments such as high-temperature pipes in nuclear power plants, hazardous chemical storage tanks, ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques increasingly require novel non-destructive inspection methods able to fit smoothly within AM workflows, in particular for the detection of structural defects. A ...

A recent spike in battery-related fires has highlighted the difficulty of spotting flaws in their production. Rarely visible to the naked eye, these flaws can lead to serious battery malfunctions. The ...

Within the body of a high-voltage multi-layer ceramic capacitor, a gap-type defect is beginning its career of destruction. The defect may be a void within the ceramic dielectric, a crack within the ...