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(Visual-VT)

(Liquid Penetrant-PT)
(Magnetic Particle-MT)
(Ultrasonic-UT)
(Eddy Current-ET)
(Radiography-RT)
(Acoustic Emission-AE)
(Infrared Thermography-IR)

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Classification of NDE Techniques


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Active: Energy in some form is introduced


into or onto the specimen, for example:
UT, RT, MT, ET

Passive: Monitor the item without sending


energy into or onto it, for example: VT, AE,
VA, LT, PT

)(VT

.


.

Robotic Crawler

)(PT
.

: A
: B
: C


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)(MT
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)(UT
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)(pulse-echo

(through transmission)

)(RT

:
:

)(ET
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Coil

Coil's
magnetic field

Eddy current's
magnetic field
Eddy
currents
Conductive
material

ET

)(Thermography
.

)(AT:Acoustic Emission
)(
.
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(Acoustic Emission)

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