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Non-Contact Characterization of Plates Using a Turbulent Air-Jet Source and an Ultrasound Microphone

  • Jake Pretula,
  • Nolan Shaw,
  • Elizabeth F. DeCorby,
  • Ayden Chen,
  • Kyle G. Scheuer and
  • Ray G. DeCorby

1 February 2026

We report on the non-contact characterization of various plate materials (including aluminum and steel) using a high-pressure, micrometer-scale air jet as a broadband ultrasound source and an optomechanical microphone as a receiver. Through-plate tra...

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  • Open Access
218 Views
29 Pages

Design and Implementation of an SFCW Radar Platform for Environmental Monitoring

  • Jarne Van Mulders,
  • Jaron Vandenbroucke,
  • Merlin Mareschal,
  • Bert Cox,
  • Emma Tronquo,
  • Hans-Peter Marshall,
  • Sébastien Lambot,
  • Hans Lievens and
  • Lieven De Strycker

1 February 2026

Current satellite-based active microwave observations lack the temporal resolution needed to accurately capture rapid Earth system dynamics such as soil–plant–atmosphere interactions, rainfall interception, snowfall and rain-on-snow event...

  • Article
  • Open Access
240 Views
18 Pages

9 January 2026

Detecting structural defects is one of the primary challenges engineers face. Consequently, the development of techniques and methods capable of detecting structural defects has always been critical. It should be emphasized that crack detection is on...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
280 Views
12 Pages

Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Sustainable Polyester Composites Reinforced with Mill Scale

  • Mário C. O. Spinelli,
  • Salomão S. Batista,
  • Polyane A. Santos,
  • Kenedy Marconi G. Santos,
  • Crescencio R. L. Neto,
  • Elvio P. Silva,
  • Leonardo S. Caires,
  • Ronaldo M. Lima,
  • Amélia M. Santos and
  • Luiz G. M. Souza
  • + 5 authors

6 January 2026

The reuse of industrial residues has gained importance due to environmental and public health concerns associated with improper waste disposal. Steel scale (CDA), a by-product of machining and rolling operations, represents a residue with technologic...

  • Correction
  • Open Access
171 Views
2 Pages

23 December 2025

A few unintended typos were introduced after the proofreading stage, and the authors hence wish to make the following corrections to this paper [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
326 Views
34 Pages

21 December 2025

Guided wave tomography has proven to be an effective method for detecting pipeline corrosion, providing both location and quantitive estimates of wall thickness loss. However, the limited view geometry of source–receiver pairs on pipes leads to...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,020 Views
25 Pages

Review of Non-Destructive Testing Techniques for Conveyor Belt Damage

  • Licheng Sha,
  • Wenbing Zhang,
  • Jiujian Zhou,
  • Chengyao Peng and
  • Zhenchun Yu

29 November 2025

In coal mine production processes, conveyor belts are essential components. They play a crucial role in minimizing the risk of belt failure, enabling unmanned operations in hazardous environments, digitally monitoring production metrics, and facilita...

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  • Open Access
988 Views
20 Pages

19 October 2025

Dielectric characterization offers valuable insights into fruit structure, ripening, and storage stability. However, systematic studies on apples are still limited. This work elucidates the electrical and physicochemical properties of a specific vari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
723 Views
18 Pages

AI-Aided GPR Data Multipath Summation Using x-t Stacking Weights

  • Nikos Economou,
  • Sobhi Nasir,
  • Said Al-Abri,
  • Bader Al-Shaqsi and
  • Hamdan Hamdan

2 October 2025

The Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) method can image dielectric discontinuities in subsurface structures, which cause the reflection of electromagnetic (EM) waves. These discontinuities are imaged as reflectors in GPR sections, often distorted by diff...

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  • Open Access
3,337 Views
14 Pages

26 September 2025

Skin cancer is one of the most prevalent and potentially lethal cancers worldwide, highlighting the need for accurate and timely diagnosis. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated strong potential in automating skin lesion classificati...

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  • Open Access
1,224 Views
15 Pages

25 September 2025

The research work presents an artificial intelligence-driven, energy-aware data aggregation and routing protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with the primary objective of extending overall network lifetime. The proposed scheme leverages reinf...

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  • Open Access
2,872 Views
20 Pages

9 September 2025

The escalating concerns regarding environmental pollution, particularly industrial water pollution, have necessitated the development of advanced monitoring systems to ensure water resource safety and sustainability. This paper presents an innovative...

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  • Open Access
1,118 Views
17 Pages

Contrast-Enhanced OCT for Damage Detection in Polymeric Resins Embedded with Metallic Nanoparticles via Surface Plasmon Resonance

  • Maha Hadded,
  • Thiago Luiz Lara Oliveira,
  • Olivier Debono,
  • Emilien Bourdon and
  • Alan Jean-Marie

25 August 2025

Nanoparticle-embedded polymeric materials are an important subject in advanced structural applications due to their advantageous combination of low weight and high mechanical performance. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imagin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,315 Views
17 Pages

Terrain-Integrated Soil Mapping Units (SMUs) for Precision Nutrient Management: A Case Study from Semi-Arid Tropics of India

  • Gopal Tiwari,
  • Ram Prasad Sharma,
  • Sudipta Chattaraj,
  • Abhishek Jangir,
  • Benukantha Dash,
  • Lal Chand Malav,
  • Brijesh Yadav and
  • Amrita Daripa

7 August 2025

This study presents a terrain-integrated Soil Management Unit (SMU) framework for precision agriculture in semi-arid tropical basaltic soils. Using high resolution (10-ha grid) sampling across 4627 geo-referenced locations and machine learning-enhanc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,741 Views
20 Pages

Effect of Graphene Oxide on the Durability Properties of Poor-Quality Concrete Through Integrated Non-Destructive Testing

  • Jose A. Cabello-Mendez,
  • Abraham Lopez-Miguel,
  • Jose T. Perez-Quiroz,
  • Alejandro Moreno-Valdes,
  • Jose M. Machorro-Lopez and
  • Ilse C. Castillo-Arteaga

19 July 2025

Concrete is the most important construction material, and improving its durability properties is a topic in constant development owing to the economic costs that the degradation of concrete implies. Different nanoparticles have been reported to impro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,099 Views
21 Pages

Artificial Intelligence for Forensic Image Analysis in Bullet Hole Comparison: A Preliminary Study

  • Guilherme Pina Cardim,
  • Thiago de Souza Duarte,
  • Henrique Pina Cardim,
  • Wallace Casaca,
  • Rogério Galante Negri,
  • Flávio Camargo Cabrera,
  • Renivaldo José dos Santos,
  • Erivaldo Antônio da Silva and
  • Mauricio Araujo Dias

8 July 2025

The application of artificial intelligence within forensic image analysis marks a significant step forward for the non-destructive examination of evidence, a crucial practice for maintaining the integrity of a crime scene. While non-destructive testi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,316 Views
22 Pages

An Investigation of GNSS Radio Occultation Data Pattern for Temperature Monitoring and Analysis over Africa

  • Usman Sa’i Ibrahim,
  • Kamorudeen Aleem,
  • Tajul Ariffin Musa,
  • Terwase Tosin Youngu,
  • Yusuf Yakubu Obadaki,
  • Wan Anom Wan Aris and
  • Kelvin Tang Kang Wee

18 June 2025

Climate change monitoring and analysis is a critical task that involves the consideration of both spatial and temporal dimensions. Theimproved spatial distribution of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) ground-based Continuous Operating Ref...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,795 Views
16 Pages

11 June 2025

This study intends to understand the effect of annealing behavior on the microstructure and mechanical and magnetic properties of cold-rolled extra-low-carbon steel. Deformed steel samples are annealed at temperature ranges of 200–690 °C fo...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
849 Views
7 Pages

Preliminary Assessment of Quantitative Phase Analysis from Focal Construct Tomography

  • Varsha Samuel,
  • Daniel Spence,
  • Liam Farmer,
  • Simon Godber,
  • Keith Rogers and
  • Anthony Dicken

11 June 2025

New methods for real-time materials phase identification based upon focal construct tomography (FCT) have been examined. Such quantitative assessment has significant potential in sectors where in-line analysis is required, including screening within...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,008 Views
13 Pages

Identifying Ultrasonic Testing Based Nondestructive Qualification Parameters for Laser DED Processed IN718

  • Guillermo Huanes-Alvan,
  • Himanshu Sahasrabudhe and
  • Sunil Kishore Chakrapani

5 June 2025

This article explores the use of ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation for qualification of laser-DED IN718 samples. The main goal of this article is to identify potential ultrasonic parameters which have highest sensitivity to microstructral changes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,163 Views
15 Pages

21 May 2025

Skin diseases represent a major worldwide health hazard affecting millions of people yearly and substantially compromising healthcare systems. Particularly in areas where dermatologists are scarce, standard diagnostic techniques, which mostly rely on...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,755 Views
40 Pages

Precision Weed Control Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Robots: Assessing Feasibility, Bottlenecks, and Recommendations for Scaling

  • Shanmugam Vijayakumar,
  • Palanisamy Shanmugapriya,
  • Pasoubady Saravanane,
  • Thanakkan Ramesh,
  • Varunseelan Murugaiyan and
  • Selvaraj Ilakkiya

16 May 2025

Weeds cause significant yield and economic losses by competing with crops and increasing production costs. Compounding these challenges are labor shortages, herbicide resistance, and environmental pollution, making weed management increasingly diffic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
885 Views
21 Pages

30 April 2025

One of the most sensitive parts of a wind turbine to environmental influences are the rotating blades. Today, there are many technologies available to assess blade condition, but they all need to be developed to become more cost-effective and more se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,518 Views
26 Pages

15 April 2025

Hybrid simulation integrates numerical and experimental techniques to analyze structural responses under static and dynamic loads. It physically tests components that are not fully characterized while modeling the rest of the structure numerically. O...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,090 Views
12 Pages

24 March 2025

Nondestructive testing (NDT) has a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and safety of industrial systems. However, traditional methods typically rely on external sensors, which can lead to increased costs and added complexity. The current study e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,465 Views
23 Pages

Integrated Non-Destructive Testing for Assessing Manufacturing Defects in Melt-Fusion Bonded Thermoplastic Composite Pipes

  • Obinna Okolie,
  • Nadimul Haque Faisal,
  • Harvey Jamieson,
  • Arindam Mukherji and
  • James Njuguna

19 March 2025

The thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) manufacturing process introduces defects that impact performance, such as voids, misalignment, and delamination. Consequently, there is an increasing demand for effective non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8,262 Views
22 Pages

14 February 2025

The non-destructive geophysical testing method ground penetrating radar (GPR), along with satellite image and air photo assessment, a review of the existing literature sources, and Holocaust survivor testimony, was used to document the location of po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,838 Views
16 Pages

Integrating 3D Polarimetric Ground Penetrating Radar and Augmented Reality for Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Inspection

  • Samuel J. I. Forster,
  • Daniel Conniffe,
  • Anthony J. Peyton,
  • Frank J. W. Podd,
  • Nigel Davidson and
  • Joshua B. Elliott

28 January 2025

Radar polarimetric imaging for non-destructive testing is a powerful and flexible tool that can be used to enhance the detection of internal structures. In this study, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is measured using a polarimetric sys...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
13,489 Views
58 Pages

The Role of Non-Destructive Testing of Composite Materials for Aerospace Applications

  • Thiago Luiz Lara Oliveira,
  • Maha Hadded,
  • Saliha Mimouni and
  • Renata Brandelli Schaan

3 January 2025

This review examines the essential application of non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques in assessing the integrity and damage of composite materials used in aerospace engineering, focusing on polymer matrix composites (PMCs), metal matrix composit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,025 Views
21 Pages

2 January 2025

The calibration of a universal testing machine (UTM) verifies the accuracy of the system instruments responsible for obtaining force and displacement measurements. This process involves comparing the instrument to equipment that has already been cali...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,652 Views
13 Pages

1 January 2025

Temperature has a significant impact on the operational lifetime of electronic components, as excessive heat can lead to accelerated degradation and ultimately failure. In safety-critical applications, it is important that real-time monitoring is emp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,562 Views
17 Pages

Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Materials from Piers: Evaluating Durability Through a Case Study

  • Abraham Lopez-Miguel,
  • Jose A. Cabello-Mendez,
  • Alejandro Moreno-Valdes,
  • Jose T. Perez-Quiroz and
  • Jose M. Machorro-Lopez

6 December 2024

Concrete is currently the most used construction material, mainly due to its mechanical strength, chemical stability, and low cost. This material is affected by wear processes caused by the environment, which lead to a reduction in the useful life of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,183 Views
13 Pages

Advanced Defect Detection on Curved Aeronautical Surfaces Through Infrared Imaging and Deep Learning

  • Leith Bounenni,
  • Mohamed Arbane,
  • Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo,
  • Yacine Yaddaden,
  • Sreedhar Unnikrishnakurup,
  • Andrew Ngo Chun Yong and
  • Xavier Maldague

2 December 2024

Detecting defects on aerospace surfaces is critical to ensure safety and maintain the integrity of aircraft structures. Traditional methods often need more precision and efficiency for effective defect detection. This paper proposes an innovative app...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,750 Views
15 Pages

Investigating Defect Detection in Advanced Ceramic Additive Manufacturing Using Active Thermography

  • Anthonin Demarbaix,
  • Enrique Juste,
  • Tim Verlaine,
  • Ilario Strazzeri,
  • Julien Quinten and
  • Arnaud Notebaert

15 November 2024

Additive manufacturing of advanced materials has become widespread, encompassing a range of materials including thermoplastics, metals, and ceramics. For the ceramics, the complete production process typically involves indirect additive manufacturing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,731 Views
17 Pages

7 November 2024

Over the years, research in the field of cultural heritage preservation and document analysis has exponentially grown. In this study, we propose an advanced approach for non-destructive estimation of paper fibers using macro images. Expanding on stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,380 Views
13 Pages

24 October 2024

Non-destructive testing (NDT) systems are essential tools and are widely used for assessing the condition and structural integrity of pavement structures without causing any damage. They are cost-effective, provide comprehensive data, and are time ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,492 Views
18 Pages

Description and Classification of Tempering Materials Present in Pottery Using Digital X-Radiography

  • Alan Nagaya,
  • Oscar G. de Lucio,
  • Soledad Ortiz Ruiz,
  • Eunice Uc González,
  • Carlos Peraza Lope and
  • Wilberth Cruz Alvarado

16 October 2024

Archaeological pottery X-radiography is mainly used for two applications: fabric characterization and identification of forming techniques. Both applications require imaging of tempering materials and other additives. With digital X-radiography, it i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,688 Views
11 Pages

15 October 2024

In the field of thermal non-destructive testing and evaluation (TNDT&E), active thermography gained popularity due to its fast wide-area monitoring and remote inspection capability to assess materials without compromising their future usability....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,535 Views
15 Pages

12 October 2024

The successful management of road pavement maintenance requires the existence of suitable monitoring procedures for assessing pavement condition. A powerful tool for this is the use of non-destructive testing technologies. Non-destructive testing (ND...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,971 Views
13 Pages

Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Metabolism during Exercise Measured with Near Infrared Spectroscopy

  • Kevin K. McCully,
  • Sarah N. Stoddard,
  • Mary Ann Reynolds and
  • Terence E. Ryan

11 October 2024

This study characterized the level of oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle during whole-body activity as a percentage of the muscle’s maximum oxidative rate (mVO2max) using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Ten healthy participants complete...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,274 Views
25 Pages

6 October 2024

The quest for reliable techniques to predict Cheddar cheese maturity has gained momentum to ensure quality and consistency in large-scale production. Given the complexity of cheese ripening and the industry’s need for fast and reliable evaluati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,857 Views
14 Pages

Automated Defect Detection through Flaw Grading in Non-Destructive Testing Digital X-ray Radiography

  • Bata Hena,
  • Gabriel Ramos,
  • Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo and
  • Xavier Maldague

4 October 2024

Process automation utilizes specialized technology and equipment to automate and enhance production processes, leading to higher manufacturing efficiency, higher productivity, and cost savings. The aluminum die casting industry has significantly gain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,546 Views
15 Pages

13 September 2024

To optimally preserve and manage our civil structures, we need to have accurate information about their (1) geometry and dimensions, (2) boundary conditions, (3) material properties, and (4) structural conditions. The objective of this article is to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,701 Views
16 Pages

29 August 2024

This research investigates the characterization of bituminous mixes utilizing microwave imaging and non-destructive testing. We studied the electromagnetic characteristics of various samples, including bituminous concrete (BC) and open-grade friction...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,885 Views
17 Pages

29 August 2024

The increasing complexity of material systems requires an extension of conventional non-destructive evaluation methods such as ultrasonic testing. Many publications have worked on extending simulation models to cover novel aspects of ultrasonic trans...

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