EFNDT WG5 - PS&Sndt T in service of Public Security and Safety NDT Technology

摘要

General knowledge of the role of NDT in everyday needs for safety and in safety precautions is not very prevalent, and the subject is not well-understood, even by many supposedly well-informed professionals. This is very often the reason why valuable results in NDT research and development have not been used to good effect for the benefit of safety and quality. This article about EFNDT WC5 is intended to inform the NDT comunity and beyond about some of the work carried out by EFNDT WG5 - PS&SndtT: Public Security and Safety NDT Technology. For more than 50 years, the NDT community has demonstrated the capability of application of NDT techniques in wide range of human activities by detecting defects that may be regarded as potential causes of damage. Conventional areas of NDT application where NDT is implemented with reliable results are pipelines, containers and pressure vessels, oil refineries, transportation, railways, ships, airplanes, satellites, roads, bridges, water-gates, energy plants, nuclear plants and objects of art. So there is a very significant influence of NDT in the protection and conservation of the environment.