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Preface	p. IX
Organisation	p. XI
Keynote lectures
Damage characterization and real-time health monitoring of aerospace structures based on ultrasonic microscopy and nonlinear acoustics	p. 3
NDE of micro structured materials by X-ray diffraction and refraction topography	p. 15
Use of state of the art parametric arrays for low frequency measurements in sound absorbing porous materials	p. 23
Optical techniques
Crack sizing using laser vibrometer measurements of Surface Acoustic Waves	p. 33
Non-destructive evaluation of composite structures using an innovative Bragg sensor	p. 39
New possibilities and applications of Lockin-Speckle-Interferometry for non-destructive testing of polymers	p. 45
Investigation of fatigue cracks using digital image correlation	p. 53
Monitoring of a curved beam test structure using Bragg sensors	p. 59
The use of optical fibers for fatigue testing of fiber-reinforced thermoplastics	p. 65
Illumination direction factor in quantitative shearography NDT analysis	p. 71
Ultrasound
Advanced transducer development for long range ultrasonic inspection systems	p. 79
Damage assessment of composites after fatigue by means of acoustic methods	p. 83
New opportunities in acoustic NDT using frequency conversion by nonlinear defects	p. 89
Monitoring of damage accumulation in cyclic loaded c/c woven composites using the acousto-ultrasonics approach	p. 95
Non-destructive testing of fuel tanks using long-range ultrasonics	p. 99
Guided acoustic modes for testing surface layers of unconsolidated granular media	p. 105
Thin layers characterization by low frequency ultrasonic transmission	p. 113
Laser ultrasonics for non-contact materials characterization of fiber reinforced materials	p. 121
Investigation of mode conversion in ultrasonic air-coupled non-destructive testing	p. 129
Air-coupled ultrasonic pitch-catch method for material inspection	p. 137
Improvement of performance of scanning acoustic microscope for on-line inspection of electronic components	p. 145
Acoustic emission
Damage discrimination of composites based on wavelet decomposed acoustic emission signals	p. 153
Risk assessment of tunnels by Quantitative Acoustic Emission Non-Destructive method	p. 161
Quantitative Acoustic Emission Non Destructive Inspection method and its application to risk assessment high energy piping, fossil nuclear and chemical plants	p. 167
The application of cepstrum and kurtosis analysis as predictive maintenance tools in vibration and acoustic emission signals obtained from reciprocating machinery	p. 171
Thermal methods
A fast and robust method for determining thermal diffusivity images in complex geometries	p. 179
Deep Level Photo-Thermal Spectroscopy	p. 187
Thermal characterization of composite materials by grating IR thermography	p. 193
Ultrasound Sweep Thermography (UST) as a new method of non-destructive testing	p. 199
Non-contact case depth monitoring of industrial hardened parts using laser infrared photothermal radiometry	p. 205
Portable computed tomographic system for in-situ inspection of industrial pipelines	p. 211
Radiography and tomographic methods
Synchrotron-Refraction-Computed-Tomography for NDT and characterisation of lightweight composite materials	p. 217
Non-destructive testing with terahertz radiation: Applications in the field of polymer fabrication and food production	p. 223
Direct iterative reconstruction of computer tomography trajectories (DIRECTT)	p. 229
Characterization of automotive parts by a novel multi-scan tomography system	p. 237
NDT with Optical Coherence Tomography: A novel tool for material characterization	p. 243
Electro-magnetic techniques
Defect detection using a non-contact electric potential drop method for multilayer carbon composite materials	p. 251
Lift-off and edge effects in micro-magnetic testing of heat-treated steel C45	p. 257
An electromagnetic non-invasive examination technique of Bjork-Shiley Convexo-Concave prosthetic heart valve: Degradation modeling and periodic clinical controls optimization using Markov model	p. 263
Electrical resistance measurement on carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics with rivets as electrodes	p. 269
Subsurface imaging using moving electromagnetic fields and surface acoustic waves	p. 275
Inverse problem for the EC transducer with rotating magnetic field; application to pressure tubes inspection for PHWR nuclear power plant	p. 281
EddyCation-the all-digital eddy current tool for education and innovation	p. 289
NDT of civil engineering structures
Damage characterization of deteriorated concrete structures by stress wave methods	p. 297
Improving results of thermographic inspections of electrical transmission and distribution lines	p. 303
Structural health monitoring in civil engineering-applications using wireless sensor networks	p. 313
Ultrasonic nondestructive through transmission testing of concrete	p. 319
Special techniques and applications
The effect of defects on the strength of adhesively-bonded joints and its significance for NDT	p. 327
Comparison of different X-ray computed tomography techniques for the quantitative characterization of the 3D microstructure of pear fruit tissue	p. 331
Identification of the mechanical material parameters through inverse modelling	p. 337
Fused sensor scanning system for non-destructive testing of metal matrix composites	p. 343
Ultrasound and eddy current data fusion for evaluation of carbon-epoxy composites delaminations	p. 349
Constitutive models for solids containing rough cracks: From micro to macro	p. 357
Author index	p. 365