Editorial Office Information NDT&E International has traditionally contained author indexes and contents lists at the end of each year. Useful though these are, we believe that
they would be enhanced by the addition of indexes compiled from keywords associated with each paper. This would allow readers to identify groups
of papers in similar areas.
In an electronic environment, the need for a uniform keyword system is particularly important to facilitate effective information search and retrieval.
To ensure a consistent approach we have prepared a list of preferred keywords for use. This list is not exhaustive and should be used as a guideline.
If you feel there are serious omissions please do not hesitate to contact the Editor-in-Chief or Publisher to ensure that new terms are added.
acceptance criteria acoustic emission acoustic microscopy acoustoelasticity adhesive bonds aging specimens air-coupled ultrasound algorithm alpha particles aluminium alloys anisotropy array attenuation austenite automated inspection A-scan backscatter Barkhausen effect Barkhausen noise Bayesian inference beta particles bonded joints boundary element method B-scan calibration capacitance carrier-wave casting caustics cementite ceramic materials ceramic-matrix certification coating composite materials composition Compton backscatter computed tomography concrete conductivity control corrosion cracks creep crystalline texture cure monitoring C-scan damage data fusion debond deconvolution defects deformation density depth of penetration depth of profiling dielectric diffraction diffusion digital dispersion dissipation echo eddy currents elastic constants elastic waves electromagnetics
electronic EMAT examination experiment fatigue, fractal ferrite ferritic steel FFT fiber FRP (fiber reinforced) plastic field inspection finite difference method finite element method FIRM flux leakage focusing fractography fracture fracture mechanics frequency domain frequency response fuzzy logic gamma rays grain noise Green's functions group velocity guided waves Hall effect hardness health monitoring heat treatment heterodyne high speed photography holography honeycomb imaging image processing impact impulse response inclusion induction infrared, impedance reconstructions infrared thermography infrastructure inhomogeneous inspection systems interface interferometer internal stress measurement internet inverse problem inversion Kaiser effect kurtosis Lamb wave laminography lap laser laser ultrasound layered materials leak detection leaky waves lift-off longitudinal wave
machines magnetic methods magnetic materials magnetic particle magneto-optic material characterisation material properties mathematical model(ling) measurement metal-matrix microstructure microwave mode conversion modeling Moire interferometry mm EM waves near-field neural networks neutron noise non-contact nonlinear nuclear magnetic resonance optical optimization orthotropic pattern recognition penetrant percolation phase photoacoustics photoelastic photothermal piezoelectric pipe plane plasma wave plastic polymer porosity potential drop probability of detection (POD) probe processing process monitoring pulse pulse-echo qualification quality systems quantization radar radiography, Radon transforms radiology Rayleigh wave ray tracing real time reconstruction rectifier reflection reliability residual stress resonance RMS SAFT safety
sandwich structures scattering sensor shear wave shearography signal processing signal-to-noise ratio simulation sizing speckle spectrum SQUID stainless steel standards statistical analysis steam generator strain stress structures superalloys surface surface characterisation surface flaw surface waves texture theoretical modelling theory thermal conductivity thermal diffusion thermal imaging thermal wave methods thermography thickness time domain time of flight (TOFT/TOFD) titanium tomography training transducer transfer function transient tubes ultrasonic attenuation ultrasonic imaging ultrasonic modeling ultrasonic scattering ultrasonic velocity ultrasonic wavespeed ultrasonics V(z) curves velocity vibration methods virtual reality viscosity visualization visual inspection volume integral method wave equation wave propagation wave scattering waveguide wavelet weldment Wigner transform X-ray diffraction X-ray tomography X-rays