Ultrasonic Flaw Detection  for Technicians - 3rd Edition

• Ultrasonic Flaw Detection for Technicians by John Drury has achieved almost cult status amongst UT Techs as probably the best practical UT book ever written. 
  
  
• First published some 25 years ago, the book is now available as the 3rd Edition.  
  
  
• The book has been updated to include UT developments such as TOFD.
  
  
• J.C Drury (250 pages paperback, published 2004). 
  
  

CONTENTS: 

Chapter 1: History of Ultrasonic Flaw Detection      
Chapter 2: Basic Principles of Sound        
Chapter 3: Properties of Sound      
Chapter 4: Transducers for Generating Sound Waves        
Chapter 5: Probe Construction      
Chapter 6: The Pulse-Echo Flaw Detector        
Chapter 7: The Ultrasonic Beam             
Chapter 8: Calibration and Reference Standards             
Chapter 9: Compression Wave Techniques             
Chapter 10: Shear Wave Techniques             
Chapter 11: Surface Wave Techniques             
Chapter 12: Immersion Techniques             
Chapter 13: The Examination of Steel Castings             
Chapter 14: The Examination of Forgings             
Chapter 15: The Examination of Welds             
Chapter 16: Defect Sizing and Evaluation Techniques             
Chapter 17: Assessing the Performance of Equipment           
Chapter 18: Report Writing