Advances in Non-Destructive Testing

Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Scope and Methodology

• Scope
• Methodology

Key Findings

• Noteworthy Advances in Non-Destructive Testing Technologies
• Noteworthy New Applications

2. TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION VIEWPOINT

Technology Primer and NDT Methods

• What is Non-Destructive Testing?
• Optical and Visual Inspection
• Radiographic Inspection
• Ultrasonic Testing and Acoustic Emission
• Electromagnetic Testing
• Fluorescent Liquid/LPI and Magnetic Leak Detection/MPI Inspection
• Structural Health Monitoring Methods

Technology Application Fields

• Transportation
• Energy and Chemical

3. TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FACTOR ANALYSIS

Technology Factors

• Technology Drivers
• Technology Challenges and Restraints

Market Factors

• Market Drivers
• Market Challenges
• Market Mergers and Acquisitions

Technology Trends and Roadmap

• Technology Trends
• Technology Roadmap

4. ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Research in Universities and Laboratories

• Inspection of Concrete-Embedded Steel Rods with the Magnetic Camera System--UK
• Magnetic Flux Leakage Method with the Hand-Held Magnetic Camera--South Korea
• Long Range Ultrasonics for Aircraft Wiring Inspection--UK
• Structural Health Monitoring with Improved Fiber Bragg Grating System--US
• Robots to Enhance Internal Pipeline Inspection--Norway
• Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducer for High-Temperature Material Inspection--UK
• Surface Wave Ultrasonic Technique for Railway Network Monitoring--UK
• Full Matrix Capture Technology to Improve Ultrasonic Phased Array Method--UK
• Holographic Interferometry for Tire Evaluation--Taiwan
• Structural Health Monitoring System for Blades of Energy Wind Turbines--Germany

Research in Companies

• Fiberoptic-Based Sensor Network for Long Haul Monitoring from OZ Optics--Canada
• New Meandering Winding Magnetometer Sensors for High-Performance Inspection from JENTEK--US
• Alternating Current Field Measurement for High-speed Rail Inspection--TSC Inspection Systems--UK
• Ultrasonic System for Detection of Discontinuities in Thick Composite Structures from MISTRAS--US
• Pulsed Eddy Current Inspection System from GE Inspection Technologies--US
• GE Composes the Rhythm Software Solution for Entire NDT Data Management--US
• Phased Array UT System Adapted for Conventional UT Demands by Olympus NDT--Canada
• Software Support for X-ray Non-Destructive Testing Operations from Balteau NDT--Belgium

5. KEY PATENTS AND KEY INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS

Key Patents

• Electromagnetic Testing
• Ultrasonic Testing and Acoustic Emission

Key Industry Participants

• Universities and Laboratories
• Companies

6. DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE

Decision Support Database Tables

• Growth Rate of Electricity Consumption--World (2002 to 2012)
• Electricity Generation--World (2004 to 2014)
• Number of Airports--World (2004 to 2014)
• Total Number of Commercial Aircrafts in Service--World (2002 to 2012)
• Total Military Aircraft--World (2002 to 2012)