Vol.6, No1-2, 2006, pp. 41-52
 UDC 620.179.16:004

ULTRASONIC TESTING WITH C-SCAN

The application to pipelines and welded joints

Miodrag Kirić

Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

Abstract

The paper analyses the advantages of digital technique coupled with the C-scan and the most important problems which are faced at this ultrasonic testing. Briefly described are welded joints tests and various test systems with C-scan for testing pipelines and steel plates. The factors affecting the test system design are also given.

Keywords: C-scan, scanner, dry-coupled (EMAT), composites, digital data transfer

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