Reduce Train Derailments, Invest in Personnel
Nondestructive detection and characterization play a key role in monitoring the health of the North American railroad network, and ASNT has always played a role in disseminating emerging research on NDT of railroads.
NDT Method Overview: Learn the Basics of Acoustic Emission Analysis for Field Testing
Acoustic emission is a sudden, transient release of energy that takes place due to material deformation, structural failure, or something similar. Learn the basics of acoustic emission testing in this blog post by Stanley F. Botten.
10 Key SHALLS of SNT-TC-1A
Because SNT-TC-1A is a “recommended practice” and not a standard, there is often confusion in how it is implemented. In the recent ASNT webinar “Interpreting the SHALLS of ASNT Recommended Practice SNT-TC-1A” Antionette “Toni” Bailey takes a deep dive into the requirements in SNT-TC-1A to help Level IIIs develop their companies’ written practices.
NDT Ethics: Maintaining Ethics and Integrity While Satisfying Production and Aerospace Prime Requirements
by Antionette (Toni) Bailey . Welcome to our quarterly column on NDT Ethics from the special edition of Materials Evaluation issue focusing on women in NDT. This month, we take a different twist and take a moment to highlight ethical practices (instead of focusing on nonethical practices) regarding maintaining ethics and integrity while satisfying production […]