Nondestructive testing of materials and pieces

The book comprehensively reviews the current methods of nondestructive materials testing, as e.g. radiographic testing using isotopes or X-radiation, magnetic particle or stray flux methods, the liquid penetrant method, ultrasonic testing, eddy current testing, and sound emission testing. The applications explained range from the testing of containers and pipework to more complicated tasks in the field of propulsion system engineering, ship building, power plant, aircraft and automotive engineering, as well as civil engineering, also including novel fields of application in rocket engineering or reactor engineering, and many special tasks in manufacturing and testing of workpieces. Equipment and procedures are explained in detail. (orig./HP) With 326 figs