Handbook of Nondestructive Evaluation
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Published: March 14, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 603
ISBN-13: 9780070281219
First sentence: A general definition of nondestructive testing (NDT) is an examination, test, or evaluation performed on any type of test object without changing or altering that object in any way, in order to determine the absence or presence of conditions or discontinuities that may have an effect on the usefulness or serviceability of that object.