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Inspection of Ceramic Materials

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Ceramic materials represent a special challenge for nondestructive component testing. They differ significantly in composition, material properties, defect types, defect sizes, the manufacturing process, as well as in geometric properties from metals, which are more often tested with nondestructive methods.

Some methods of nondestructive testing have been established for ceramic components for many years. These include visual inspection and dye penetrant testing, but also acoustic resonance testing, X-ray testing, and in some special cases ultrasonic testing. In addition, a number of new methods are currently being developed which can partially eliminate the disadvantages of existing technologies. These new methods include special acoustic methods, infrared transmission, optical coherence tomography, high-frequency eddy current technique, active thermography, microwave technique, and laser speckle photometry. All the methods mentioned above are examined and discussed in detail.

This article was created during Susanne Hillmann was employed at the Fraunhofer IKTS.

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  1. German Center for Rail Transport Research at the Federal Railway Authority, Dresden, Germany

    Susanne Hillmann

  2. Accredited NDT Test Lab, Fraunhofer IKTS, Dresden, Germany

    Bernd Köhler

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  1. University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA

    Norbert Meyendorf

  2. The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA

    Nathan Ida

  3. Inspiring Next, Cromwell, CT, USA

    Ripi Singh

  4. Vrana GmbH, München, Germany

    Johannes Vrana

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  1. Chemical Materials and Bio Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA

    Norbert Meyendorf

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA

    Nathan Ida

  3. Inspiring Next, Plus4Pi LLC, Cromwell, CT, USA

    Ripi Singh

  4. Vrana GmbH, Rimsting, Deutschland, Deutschland

    Johannes Vrana

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Hillmann, S., Köhler, B. (2021). Inspection of Ceramic Materials. In: Meyendorf, N., Ida, N., Singh, R., Vrana, J. (eds) Handbook of Nondestructive Evaluation 4.0. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48200-8_16-3

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48200-8_16-3

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