Underwater Inspection and Nondestructive Testing of Offshore Structures.

Abstract

Regulations have been established by the governments of countries bordering the North Sea which require annual inspection of offshore structures. This has resulted in a much more intensive use of nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques for underwater inspection than currently exists in the United States. This report presents a review of the NDT techniques and equipment currently used in the North Sea area and discusses some of the research being conducted in the UK and Norway to improve the quality of underwater NDT inspection. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057425

Entities

People

  • R. Brackett

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Construction
  • Detection
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Frequency
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nondestructive Testing
  • North Sea
  • Offshore Structures
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Test Equipment
  • Ultrasonic Inspection
  • Ultrasonics
  • Ultrasounds
  • United States

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Marine Mammal Biology