Composite materials/structures are advancing in product efficiency, cost-effectiveness and
the development of superior specific properties. There are increasing demands in their …

Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a broad group of testing and analysis techniques used in
science and industry to evaluate the properties of a material, structure, or system for …

This article compares different air-coupled ultrasonic testing methods to characterize impact-
type defects in a pultruded quasi-isotropic glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite …

Composite materials are widely used in most industries due to their high specific strength,
specific stiffness, and their relatively lighter weight compared to other traditional materials …

In this paper, pulse-compression thermography nondestructive testing method is proposed
for defect detection in carbon fiber reinforced composite in reflection mode, using halogen …

The demand for enhancing thermal efficiency in building construction has accelerated the
evolution of sandwich wall panels in recent years. In this study, the novel sandwich panel is …

Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) find extensive use in various applications, including that
within industrial environments. Efforts have been made to develop cheap, portable, and light …

This study is to inspect the voids between the concrete containment building and the
containment liner plate (CLP) in the light-water reactor type nuclear power plant with lock-in …

In this present study, the high-power instantaneous xenon lamp-induced chirp-pulsed radar
thermography was introduced to detect the surface crack of the silicon/phenolic composite …

The use of different spectral bands in the inspection of artworks is highly recommended to
identify the maximum number of defects/anomalies (ie, the targets), whose presence ought …