Introduction to Ultrasonic Testing

Introduction Basic Principles History Present State Future Direction Physics of Ultrasound Wave Propagation Modes of Sound Waves Properties of Plane Waves Wavelength/Flaw Detection Elastic Properties of Solids Attenuation Acoustic Impedance Reflection/Transmission Refraction & Snell's Law Mode Conversion Signal-to-noise Ratio Wave Interference Equipment & Transducers Piezoelectric Transducers Characteristics of PT Radiated Fields Transducer Beam Spread Transducer Types Transducer Testing I Transducer Testing II Transducer Modeling Couplant EMATs - Lamb Wave Generation with EMATs - Shear Wave Generation with EMATs - Velocity Measurements with EMATs - Texture Measurement I with EMATs - Texture Measurement II with EMATs - Stress Measurement with EMATs - Composite inspection with EMATs Pulser-Receivers Tone Burst Generators Function Generators Impedance Matching Data Presentation Error Analysis -

Measurement Techniques Normal Beam Inspection Angle Beams I Angle Beams II Crack Tip Diffraction Automated Scanning Velocity Measurements Measuring Attenuation Spread Spectrum Signal Processing Flaw Reconstruction Calibration Methods Calibration Methods DAC Curves Curvature Correction Thompson-Gray Model UTSIM Grain Noise Modeling References/Standards Selected Applications Rail Inspection Weldments Formulae and Tables UT Material Properties References Quizzes 20 Question Quiz 35 Question Quiz 50 Question Quiz Note: These quizzes draw from the same database of questions. Each time a quiz is opened, a new set of questions will be produced. The Collaboration for NDE Education does not record the names of individuals taking a quiz or the results of a quiz.