Principles of NDE

Course Nos. 0909-413-01/0909-504-01

Fall 1999

 
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    Textbook:
    There is no required texbook for this course. Course lectures will be supplemented by class handouts, the course webpage, photocopies of journal articles, etc. 

    Reference Texts:
    The following reference textbooks will be available for checkout from the instructor:

    • Nondestructive Evaluation : A Tool in Design, Manufacturing, and Service by Don E. Bray & Roderic K. Stanley, CRC Press, January 1997.
    • Fundamentals of Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation : A Modeling Approach by Lester W., Jr. Schmerr, Plenum Publishing Corporation, July 1998.
    • Nondestructive Testing Handbook Volume 10: Nondestructive Testing Overview, Technical Editors: Stanley Ness and Charles N. Sherlock; Editors: Patrick O. Moore and Paul McIntire, ASNT, 1996.
    • Nondestructive Testing Handbook Volume 9: Special Nondestructive Testing Methods, Technical Editor: Roderick K. Stanley, Editors: Patrick O. Moore and Paul McIntire , ASNT, 1995.
    • Nondestructive Testing Handbook, Volume 7: Ultrasonic Testing, Technical Editors: Albert S. Birks and Robert E. Green, Jr.; Editor: Paul McIntire, ASNT, 1991.
    • Nondestructive Testing Handbook, Volume 4: Electromagnetic Testing, Technical Editor: Michael L. Mester; Editor: Paul McIntire, ASNT, 1986.


    Journals & Conference Proceedings:
    The following journals and conference proceedings will be available for browsing in the NDE lab: 

    • Materials Evaluation
    • Research in Nondestructive Evaluation
    • Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation
    • Proceedings of the Annual Review of Progress in Nondestructive Evaluation
    • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
    • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
    • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
    • Signal Processing Magazine


    Software:
    Matlab Partial Differential Equation Toolbox
    Matlab Image Processing Toolbox
    Matlab Signal Processing Toolbox
    Matlab Neural Network Toolbox
    These are manufactured by the The Mathworks, Inc., and are available both on the Engineering Local Area Network and on Galaxy.

    The User's Guides for the toolbox are available for checkout in the Rowan Library and from the instructor.