Diagnostics and Nondestructive Testing as an Important Factor of Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 June 2023) | Viewed by 32602
Special Issue Editor
Interests: magnetic methods of nondestructive testing; electromagnetic properties sensing; residual magnetic field; Barkhausen Noise
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The 21st century world is a world of dynamic alterations, especially in engineering and sociology. Sociological changes pose new challenges for all branches of engineering. Societies of each country require greater necessities regarding their comfort of life and the reliability of the supply chain of basic goods (safety, food, housing, energy, and information). On the other hand, the development of engineering means that new products appearing on the market can replace older ones that still meet our needs. Accordingly, rich societies tend to replace fully functioning devices with new ones. This process applies to almost all sectors of the economy: ICT, construction, energy, transport, agriculture, and many others. Decisions on whether to replace devices are based on technical and economic analyses that include detailed calculated outlays and the resulting profits, in which the basic factors are efficiency and reliability. In this case, diagnostics and nondestructive testing play a key role. The development of reliable methods and means for assessing the state of technical infrastructure elements allows one to make sound investment decisions. Decisions on the continuation of operation or its termination (for technical and economic reasons) and the replacement of machines, devices, or a specific system of machines and devices, for new ones should be based on reliable, standardized, or innovative methods of diagnostics and nondestructive testing. What happens to products at the end of their useful life in rich societies? Is it possible to reuse them in countries where they are not morally (or economically) consumed? The answer seems to be clear. With proper identification of their technical condition via nondestructive testing, this is achievable. We can make our world better, but first we should understand how important the role of diagnostics and nondestructive testing in sustainability is.
Papers selected for this Special Issue were subject to the following:
- Industrial development and energy crisis;
- Changing consumption and production patterns;
- Impact of safety, security, and disaster management on sustainability;
- System analysis methods, including life cycle assessment and management;
- Applications of sustainability;
- Other topics related to sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Maciej Roskosz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nondestructive testing
- Destructive testing
- New methods of inspections
- Lifetime management
- Durability
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