Mechanised UT on girth welds during pipeline construction - A mature alternative to radiography

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 435-438

  De Raad, J A ^a   Dijkstra, F H ^a  

^a Rontgen Technische Dienst RTD bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OFFSHORE PIPELINES; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; WELDS;

FALSE CALL RATE (FCR); PROBABILITY OF DETECTION (POD); ULTRASONIC TESTING;

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032098567     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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