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Ultrasonic Flaw Detection for Technicians J.C. Drury

The section on piezoelectric materials and transducer construction has been enlarged to cover newer developments such as emats, composite probes and the use of lasers. Similarly the flaw detector chapter has been updated, gone is the section through the CRO, though the basic schematic circuit diagram is still provided. The chapter also covers the variety of names given to some of the control knobs by equipment manufacturers who have difficulty in standardizing equipment. Gates are given more coverage as well. However, the Experiments are gone. Chapters 9 to 15 take the technician through the practical application of compression, shear and surface waves, then look at the inspection of Castings, Forgings and Welds in the detail necessary to achieve reliable results. These sections are, for me, the essence of the book because they guide technicians through the inspection processes for a wide range of applications. The detail of weld inspection from plates to nozzles gives the second largest chapter and is followed by the largest chapter, on sizing techniques. Although 007s intensity drop pig has been supplanted by the town planning inspector checking house dimensions, the chapter on defect sizing still points out the problems associated with sizing real defects. The chapter has been expanded to take in TOFD, which is explained with a clarity not readily available elsewhere. Drury is still the book for technicians, uncluttered by unnecessary equations, with plenty of diagrams illustrating the principles and practice of ultrasonic inspections. It is a must read for all technicians. Dr Gary Martin MIEAust CPEng Technical Director - ATTAR

Available from ATTAR - 03 9574 6144, admin@attar.com.au

Cost $125.00 plus P&P $15.00.

At long last Drury has been updated and reprinted, gone is the familiar black and green striped cover, mauve or is it lilac, is in. Some of the contents have been compressed, chapters 2 to 4 have been reduced to one and modified to encompass modern flaw detection equipment, but the principles of ultrasound generation and properties are still the same. Compression, shear, surface and plate waves are provided with the more detailed equations for calculating the velocities, not that technicians are expected to do the calculations. Yes creeping waves are added. The diagrams and photographs have been redone, but still contain some inaccuracies due to the use of computer drawing packages and inadequate use of the appropriate spell checker, and I still do not understand why he writes Snells Law as: SinI SinR = V1 V2 for me Sin i Vi

Sin r Vr

is mathematically correct and far less confusing.

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