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Ultrasonic spectral analysis for non-destructive evaluation
Applied Acoustics 15 (1982)315
BOOK REVIEW
Ultrasonic Spectral Analysis for Non-destructive Evaluation. Edited by D.W. Fitting and L. Adler. Plenum Press, 1981. Price: £45. Ultrasonic spectral analysis is a technique which has developed over the past 20 years, and it has been used with varying degrees of success for the assessment of defects in both metallic and non-metallic compounds, the testing of adhesive bonds, the study of the properties of surfaces, the monitoring of corrosion, the evaluation of laminated structures, the investigation of microstructure and the analyses of strength-related properties in materials. The Editors, who are now based at the Ohio State University but were previously situated at the University of Tennessee, have produced a work which gives, in a non-critical manner, a comprehensive survey of the technique. After a brief introduction, they provide an easily understood theoretical background, extending over 87 pages, and another 45 pages are devoted to a summary of the various and numerous applications. A novel feature, which comprises the next 24 pages, is an account of the responses to a questionaire which the Editors had circulated to all known investigators in the field, throughout the world; this is extremely valuable in that their names and full addresses are given. The major part (165 pages) of the volume is what appears to be a complete collection of published abstracts, quoted in full, and numbering more than 500. There is a comprehensive index of both topics and authors. This is a definitive work and should be indispensible to all concerned in this field, providing a complete account of the progress made up to the date of writing. J. BLITZ
315 Applied Acoustics (15)(1982)~© Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England, 1982
Printed in Great Britain
BOOK REVIEW
Ultrasonic Spectral Analysis for Non-destructive Evaluation. Edited by D.W. Fitting and L. Adler. Plenum Press, 1981. Price: £45. Ultrasonic spectral analysis is a technique which has developed over the past 20 years, and it has been used with varying degrees of success for the assessment of defects in both metallic and non-metallic compounds, the testing of adhesive bonds, the study of the properties of surfaces, the monitoring of corrosion, the evaluation of laminated structures, the investigation of microstructure and the analyses of strength-related properties in materials. The Editors, who are now based at the Ohio State University but were previously situated at the University of Tennessee, have produced a work which gives, in a non-critical manner, a comprehensive survey of the technique. After a brief introduction, they provide an easily understood theoretical background, extending over 87 pages, and another 45 pages are devoted to a summary of the various and numerous applications. A novel feature, which comprises the next 24 pages, is an account of the responses to a questionaire which the Editors had circulated to all known investigators in the field, throughout the world; this is extremely valuable in that their names and full addresses are given. The major part (165 pages) of the volume is what appears to be a complete collection of published abstracts, quoted in full, and numbering more than 500. There is a comprehensive index of both topics and authors. This is a definitive work and should be indispensible to all concerned in this field, providing a complete account of the progress made up to the date of writing. J. BLITZ
315 Applied Acoustics (15)(1982)~© Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England, 1982
Printed in Great Britain