25th National Seminar & International Exhibition on

"NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION" - 2015

was held at Hyderabad from: November 26 to 28, 2015

Theme: NDE FOR MAKE IN INDIA

 

RESEARCH PAPERS AT NDE-2015
(To view/DL abstract of all papers: click here)

  1. Ageing Management Aspects of Chemical based Fuel Cycle Facilities : P.Gupta, AERB
  2. Role of NDE in Regulatory Oversight of Nuclear Power Plants: R.P. Gupta, AERB
  3. Heliborne Time Domain Electromagnetic Surveys for Uranium Exploration: A. A K. Chaturvedi, AMDER
  4. Case Histories in Ultrasonic Testing: V Prasad, M. M. Gautam, C. Satheesh, and P.V Varde (BARC)
  5. Ultrasonic Simulation Studies for Sizing of Planar Flaws in Thick Carbon Steel Weld: Alok Prakash*; N Jothilakshmi; P. P. Nanekar (BARC)
  6. Development of a gamma ray based liquid level sensor for detecting level of liquid inside an opaque container for industrial applications: AnantMitra, P. B. Walinjkar, Umesh Kumar, Ashutosh Dash (BARC)
  7. Eddy Current Testing for Detection of Cracks in Austenitic Cladded Pressure Vessel: Arbind Kumar, Manojit Shaw & PP Nanekar (BARC)
  8. Innovative Tool for ID Measurement of Coolant Channels of PHWRs: G. Sharma, V.P. Bodile, S. Bhattacharyya, M. Dev, R.J. Patel (BARC)
  9. Case Histories in Ultrasonic Testing: M. M. Gautam, V Prasad, C. Satheesh, and P.V Varde (BARC)
  10. Non-destructive Evaluation of Irradiated Nuclear Fuels and Structural Components from Indian Reactors: J. L. Singh, Umesh Kumar, H. N. Singh, Nitin Kumawat, Anil. Bhandekar, K. M. Pandit, Ashwini Kumar, B. N. Rath, R. S. Shriwastaw, M. P. Dhotre and Arun Kumar (BARC)
  11. Design & Development of Advanced Drive Machine for coolant channel inspection of 540 MWe PHWRs: Jit Pal Singh, Mahender Dev, Rites Ranjon, Abhilash Dixit, R. J. Patel (BARC)
  12. Indigenous Pulsed X-ray and Neutron Sources for Non-destructive Material Characterization: T C Kaushik, R K Rout, S C Andola, Ram Niranjan, Jigyasa Batra and S. C. Gupta (BARC)
  13. Detection of Annular and Solid pellet in PFBR MOX Fuel Element using High energy X-ray Radiography: Nagendra Kumar*,A. K. Hinge, Hema Vetal, Nafees Bano, D. B. Sathe, P.G. Behere, Mohd. Afzal (BARC)
  14. Advances in Ultrasonic Instrumentation for Core-mapping of Fast Breeder Reactors: Patankar V.H. and Eaglekumar Tarpara (BARC)
  15. Development of an Automated Scanning Mechanism for Profilometry of Pressure Tubes of PHWR: [1]*Patankar V.H., [1]Jain R.K., [2]Singh J.L., [3]Varier Vijayan N., [3]Selvam P.P., [3]Makrand Rajhans, [3]Binoy K., [1]Murali Krishna L.V. and [2]Kumawat Nitin (BARC)
  16. Role of Non Destructive Techniques for Monitoring structural Integrity of Primary Circuit of Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Power Plant: PK Sharma, P Sreenivas (BARC)
  17. Development of Data Acquisition Software for Ultrasonic Inspection of Reactor Pressure Vessel Weld Joints in Boiling Water Reactors: RK Jain, SK Lalwani, PP Nanekar*, Gopal Joshi and D Das (BARC)
  18. Deployment of Weld Inspection Manipulator for RPV upper shell welds of TAPS-1&2: JP Singh, R Ranjon, H Chatterjee, MP Kulkarni, RJ Patel (BARC)
  19. A Flash X-Ray SystemBased onFlat Pulse Marx Generator and an industrial pinch diode for Radiographic applications: Ritu Agrawal*, Archana Sharma and A.M. Shaikh# (BARC)
  20. Application of Radiometry Technique for Quality Control of Different components in Nuclear Industry: Sanjoy Das, M.S.Rana & D.Mukherjee (BARC)
  21. Determination of Sensitivity and saturation limit of phosphor imaging plates for photon energies up to 1.25MeV: A.M. Shaikh (BARC)
  22. Development of Software Application to Auto-Generate RT-1 Examination Question Paper: Parag Walinjkar, S Bhalekar, U Kumar and A. Dash (BARC)
  23. Reconstruction Filtering in Industrial gamma-ray CT Application : Lakshminarayana Yenumula*, Rajesh V Acharya, Umesh Kumar, and Ashutosh Dash (BARC)
  24. X-ray Industrial Computed Laminography (ICL) Simulation Study of Planar Objects: Optimization of Laminographic Angle: Lakshminarayana Yenumula*, Umesh Kumar, and Ashutosh Dash (BARC)
  25. Effect of pore size on fatigue life of a cast aluminum specimen using NDE & FEA: R. Ganesh Deepak & Dr. P. V. R. Ravindra Reddy (CBIT, Hyderabad)
  26. A Novel Method for Reverberation Cancellation in Single UltrasonicTransducer based Measurement Systems: Subodh P. S, Nimmy Mathew, Murali R, Byju C (Strategic Electronics Group, CDAC(T), Thiruvananthapuram)
  27. Application of digital holography for NDE of metallic tubes using thermal loading: Retheesh R, Boni Samuel, P. Radhakrishnan, V. P. N. Nampoori1 and A. Mujeeb, International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology(CUSAT)
  28. Microstructural characterization of Ti-6Al-4V using ultrasonic attenuation and its correlation with mechanical behavior : B.B. Jha*, R. Sahoo, and T.K. Sahoo, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar
  29. Application of Non-Contact Ultrasonic Testingfor Interface Inspection of Multi-layered Pressure Vessels: Ahire Nitin*, Kumar Satveer#, Khan Lubna S, Mali Umesh, Rao T V J, Mehta P K, Advanced Centre for Energetic Materials, Nasik
  30. Non-Destructive Evaluation of Electronic Components for Aerospace Applications: G.Kamalakar, Scientist-D, M.Tech (Electronics Design &Technology), IISc Bangalore
  31. Quantitative Assessment of Impact damage in Composites by IR Thermography: YLVD Prasada, Dr.SK Majeea*, P Rama SubbaReddy(b), AO Siddiquia, Dr.V Madhu(b), BVSR Murthya (DMRL)
  32. Flash X-Ray Radiography Technique to study the high velocity impact of soft Projectile on E-Glass/epoxy Composite Material: B Venkataramudu*, C Jayarami Reddy, K Gopinadha Reddy, G Seshagiri Rao, Rajesh Kumar,V Madhu (DMRL)
  33. Computed Tomography (CT) - for failure analysis of Delay Pyro: C. Muralidhar, M. P. Subramanian and V. Ravi Shankar (DMRL)
  34. Applications of Visual Testing in NDE of Aero Engine Components-Case Studies: M.R.Vijaya Lakshmi*, A.K.Mondal,M.V.Subbaraju,V.Thangavelu, B.V.RaviDutta,SreelalSreedhar, GAS TURBINE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, BANGALORE
  35. Automated Eddy Current Testing System For Bright Bar Inspection: Mr. Ashok J. Trivedi & Mr. Rajul R. Parikh (EEC India)
  36. Automated Ultrasonic Testing of Plates in Line For Longitudinal Submerged Arc Welded Pipes: Mr. Rajul R. Parikh & Mr. Ashok J. Trivedi (EEC India)
  37. Identification of leakage in plate type Air Preheater using ultraviolet light test: K N Amin C M Mulchandani (GNFC Limited)
  38. Non Destructive Evolution Study of Welded EN-08 Mild Steel Specimen: S.V.Ranganayakulu, * Samrat Goud Burra, B. Ramesh Kumar (Guru Nanak Institutions,Hyderabad)
  39. Potential application of acoustic emission technique for weld structure integrity monitoring under dynamic loading: S.V. Ranganayakulu*, Ramesh Kumar Buddu, P.V. Sastry (Guru Nanak Institutions, Hyderabad)
  40. Health Monitoring of Aero Engine Components by Automated Eddy Current Inspection: Johney Thomas, S.Ganapathi Sharma, N.Venkata Sita Ramulu, and B. V.Janardhan (HAL Bangalore)
  41. NDE DURING MANUFACTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF AIRCRFTS AND HELICOPTERS: P. Vijayaraghavan (HAL Bangalore)
  42. ADVANCED NDE TECHNIQUES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS: I. Maria Michael Raj and R.D.Patel, Heavy Water Board, Mumbai
  43. Extended Major Turn Around at Heavy Water Plant (Kota) - A Great Challenge: R.D.Patel and I. Maria Michael Raj, Heavy Water Board, Mumbai
  44. Uncertainty measurement in Mobile optical Emission spectrometer: Alka kumari, G Ramesh, B. Anandapadmanaban, B Venkatraman (IGCAR)
  45. X-ray Computed tomography based detection of casting defects in fatigue samples: K. Arunmuthu*, George Joseph, T. Saravanan, John Philip and B.P.C Rao (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam)
  1. Application of electrical conductivity as an NDE tool for microstructural evaluation during cold rolling and thermal ageing: R. Manojkumar, S. Mahadevan, A. Viswanath, S. Arun Kumar, and B. Purnachandra Rao (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research)
  2. Scattering of Guided Wave Modes by a Thick Austenitic Stainless Steel Weld: M.M. Narayanan, Anish Kumar, B.Purnachandra Rao (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research )
  3. Detection of void in sodium cooled fast reactors using eddy current based technique: Ranga Ramakrishna*, G.K.Pandey, P.Ravi, S.Suresh kumar, C.L.Thakur, S.Chandramouli, I.B.Noushad and V. Prakash (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research)
  4. Comparison of welding induced residual stresses in austenitic and ferritic steel weld joints: S. Arun Kumar, S. Mahadevan, Manoj Kumar Raja, B. Purnachandra Rao, Shaju K. Albert and S. Murugan (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research)
  5. Assessment of integrity of reinforced concrete structures using "Relaxation ratio" analysis of acoustic emissions: R.Vidya Sagar M.V.M.S.Rao (NGRI, Hyderabad)
  6. Damage Evolution Studies in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites using Active and Passive Thermography: Sukanta Das, Naresh Reddy, Dr. Gangadharan Raju, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, IIT, Hyderabad, Kandi.
  7. Indirect Error Representation using Kanpur Theorem - 1: Anurag Maan, Nachiketa Tiwari, Prabhat Munshi, IIT Kanpur
  8. Estimation of Moisture Content in Edible Pulses by the Application of Computerized Tomography: #Shubhabrata Sarkar, Divya Pandey, Kavita Rathore, Prabhat Munshi (IIT Kanpur)
  9. Development of Magnetostriction Based Ultrasonic Transducer For In-situ High Temperature Inspection: Antony Jacob Ashish, Prabhu Rajagopal, Krishnan Balasubramaniam, Anish Kumar, B Purnachandra Rao, T Jayakumar (IIT Madras)
  10. Extracting the pore structure features of cement based materials using 3D X-ray Computed Tomography: M. Murugan and Manu Santhanam (IIT Madras)
  11. Biologically inspired autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for structural inspection and survey in coastal regions: Santhosh Ravichandran and Prabhu Rajagopal (IIT Madras)
  12. NDE CERTIFICATION ON AEROSPACE: Prakash, G.,Kamaraj, T., Loganathan. T. , INICO INSPECTION SERVICES, Delhi & Chennai, INDIA
  13. EDDY CURRENT ARRAY TECHNOLOGY ON CRA - LINER PIPES: Venkatarao Burri, Santanu Saha, Amaresh Majumdar, (Intertek-Inspec)
  14. Use of Ultrasonic Phased Arrays for Examination of Austenitic Steel welds - An experience: Santanu Saha, Amaresh Majumdar, (Intertek-Inspec)
  15. Weld defects analysis of 60 mm thick SS316L mock-ups of TIG and EB welds by Ultrasonic inspection for fusion reactor vacuum vessel applications: Ramesh Kumar Buddu, Shamsuddin Shaikh, P.M. Raole, B Sarkar (Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar)
  16. NDE in Biomedical Engineering: Aditya Bhagwat, Pradeep Kumar (iqs-ndt.org)
  17. Ultrasonic Examination Of Tube To Tube Sheet Weld Joints In High Pressure Heat Exchanger For The Urea Process: Jigar Prajapati, Subhas Ghosh, Subrata Bera, Hardhan Pal, Mitesh Panchal (ISGEC Hitachi Zosen Limited, Dahej-Gujarat)
  18. A Study on the Crack Growth of AA2219 Aluminium Alloy material using Acoustic Emission Signal Analysis: B Binu, K K Purushothaman, Jeby Philip (VSSC, Trivandrum, India)
  19. Foreseeing The Hidden Defects In Rocket Motor Hardware Through NDT- A Case Study : Braj Mohan Jha, Anurag Shukla, A R Murali Sankar, K.R.Mohan Anthanarayanan (ISRO Thiruvananthapuram)
  20. Non Destructive Evaluation and Qualification of high purity Alumina Cored bricks for Storage Heater system: K Subhash Babu, B Murugan, S Subash, Nithin Chandy Joseph, VK Ravindran,Sekhar Natraj and S Somanathan (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,Thiruvananthapuram)
  21. ADVANCES IN QUADRATIC FREQUENCY MODULATED THERMAL WAVE IMAGING: Subhani.Sk, Pasha.Md, V. S. Ghali and R. Mulaveesala (K L University,Guntur, India.)
  22. Determination of Optimum X-Ray Tube Output Parameters kV and mA for Digital Radiography Testing of Welded Tubes: AyazJhanorwala, SatishTilva,( L & T MHPS Boilers Pvt Ltd., Hazira, Surat)
  23. Bridging NDT's Digital Divide: Michael Beaugreand
  24. Simulation and Experimental Validation of Pulsed Thermography Technique for Damage Quantification: Aparna Gajendragadkar (CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore)
  25. Inspection of Manufacturing Defects in Fiber Reinforced Composite Laminates using Ultrasonic Phased Array Probe: Zhao Yian, Utkarsh Shah, AbhishekChawan, Zheng Fan, Sridhar Idapalapati* ( Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  26. Pipeline inspection using EMAT : Suvendu Lenka. (NDT Training Consultancy and Inspection Services, Odisha)
  27. Wire ropes condition monitoring: conception and embodiment: Alexander Mironenko (INTRON PLUS LTD., Moscow, Russia)
  28. In-service application of EMAT in Boiler Water Wall Tubes and High Temperature Components: R Dhanasekaran, Lopez Borja, Mukesh Arora (NDTS India Navi Mumbai)
  29. Non Destructive Evaluation Technique In Repair Rehabilitation And Strengthening Of Chlorination Building - A Case Study: Babu V Sundararaman, Vinayak M Bhat, B S V S Kameswara Rao (NFC Hyderabad)
  30. Application of Fractals in the Acoustic Emission Study of Micro-cracking and Fracture Development in Brittle Rock : M.V.M.S. Rao (NGRI, Hyderabad)
  31. Automation of Pulsed Thermography using Computer Numerical Controlled Manipulator for CFRP Honeycomb Structures: M. B. Sobhanan#, S. Manivannan * (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli)
  32. Analysis of Surface waves by using MASW(NDT)equipment at Ramappa Temple, Warangal, Telangana State, India: Prasad Hiremath, D. Devipriyanka, Dr. G. Kalyan Kumar (NIT Warangal)
  33. Challenges for Radiography examination of critical dissimilar metals circumferential butt weld joint in heavy thicknesstube below 25 MM OD: J.K. JAIN (Chief Engineer & Head (QA), NPCIL, Noida)
  34. Frequency Scanning Eddy Current testing (F-SECT) for condition assessment of multiple layers of Coating on Gas Turbine Blades: A.K. Das*, Amit Chhabra, Dr Avijit Mondal, Satish Chand & L.K. Pegu (NTPC Limited)
  35. Robotic Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement for Turbine Airfoils: Sriram.P, Chibi Chakaravarthy. C, K Venkat Reddy, Jimmy Low, Lui Lee Leng, Teo Kok Hian (Pratt & Whitney Turbines)
  36. Estimation of Rebar Diameter in Concrete Structural Elements using Ground Penetrating Radar: Bhaskar Sangoju and Ramanjaneyulu, K. (CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC), Chennai)
  37. Radiation Protection & Personnel safety in Industrial Radiography: Alok Kumar Banerjee (M/s SEIFERT & ATLAS )
  38. Long Range Ultrasonic Testing - Case Studies: Prawin Kumar Sharan, Sheethal S, Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Hari Kishore Maddi (Sievert India Pvt. Ltd. A Bureau Veritas Company)
  39. PAUT as Tool for Corrosion Damage Monitoring: Shivputra Ramanna Tangadi, N.K.S. Praveen Telidevara, Hari Kishore Maddi (Sievert India Pvt. Ltd. - A Bureau Veritas Company)
  40. Advances in NDE and Image-Based Modelling for Automotive and Defense: Theo Verbruggen, Yash Agarwal (Simpleware Ltd.)
  41. Using 3D Image Data Beyond Visualization for NDE and Material Characterization: Numerical Analysis Techniques: Theo Verbruggen, Yash Agarwal (Simpleware Ltd.)
  42. Locating a Damage in an Aluminum Plate using Lamb Waves: Faeez. A. Masurkar and Nitesh. P. Yelve (Mumbai)

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