A Second-Generation System for Detection and Characterization of Steam-Turbine Rotor Flaws
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Begun in 1973, the Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE) is the premier international NDE meeting designed to provide an interface between research and early engineering through the presentation of current ideas and results focused on facilitating a rapid transfer to engineering development.
This site provides free, public access to papers presented at the annual QNDE conference between 1983 and 1999, and abstracts for papers presented at the conference since 2001.
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Detection and characterization of steam-turbine rotor flaws are of prime concern in decisions affecting life extension. Rotors represent large capital investments where life extension can provide significant returns, especially if a forced outage or catastrophic failure is avoided. Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of flaws has proven to be a valuable tool in extending the life of rotors.