Amusement Park Non-destructive Testing: Conventional and Emerging Non-destructive Testing Techniques
Introduction Non-destructive testing (NDT) of amusement park infrastructure is critical to the safe operation of the broad spectrum of...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Jan 6
- 5 min
Stress Corrosion Cracking and Advanced Non-destructive Testing
Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in power generation, petrochemical and chemical plants is a perplexing problem to detect with...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Dec 2, 2022
- 5 min
Swivel Joint Failure Mechanisms, Failure Analysis, and Non-destructive Testing Options
Swivel joints play an important role in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and flowback operations in the oil and natural gas industry. ...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Nov 18, 2022
- 5 min
Oil and Natural Gas Well Pad Asset Management
Oil and natural gas well pads are omnipresent in the different shale plays across the U.S including the Marcellus and Utica shales in...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
High Resolution Mapping of Tank Floor Underside Corrosion using MFL and PAUT Array DLA Technology
Introduction Aboveground storage tank floors can be inspected for bottom side corrosion using several non-destructive testing techniques...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Oct 23, 2022
- 4 min
Advanced NDT of Pipelines with GWUT and follow-up PAUT Dual Element Probe Technology
Introduction Pipelines start to deteriorate the moment they commissioned and placed in-service. Pipeline corrosion and metal loss from...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Wood Pole Inspection, Treatment, and Asset Management
Wood Pole Inspection, Treatment, and Asset Management Introduction Utility pole asset management is an exciting market in North America...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Jul 1, 2022
- 4 min
Adopting Full Matrix Capture / Total Focusing Method to Complement or Enhance Phased Array UT
The article reviews some of the basic principle of FMC/TFM data acquisition and imaging processes and compares them to standard phased...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Jun 20, 2022
- 4 min
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Tank Resin Liner Inspection
Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) tanks are common storage tanks for a wide variety of hazardous chemicals from hydrochloric acid to...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- May 19, 2022
- 4 min
Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing of Encased Pipeline and Spacer Selection
Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing of Encased Pipeline and Spacer Selection The performance of guided wave ultrasonic testing (GWUT) or...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Apr 29, 2022
- 4 min
Acoustic Emission Testing Data Analysis for Composite Pressure Vessels
Acoustic emission generated by composite pressure vessels, in theory, should be relatively straight forward to analyze and to draw...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
Advanced NDT of Aerospace Components: Eddy Current and Linear Phased Array Testing
Introduction Aerospace components draw from a broad range of materials and geometries and typically require advanced nondestructive...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Apr 1, 2022
- 5 min
Wood Pole Testing
Wood Pole Testing Thomas Hay Ph.D., P.E. Introduction to Wood Pole Testing Wood pole inspection is a surprisingly large inspection market...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Mar 11, 2022
- 4 min
Ultrasonic Testing of U.S DOT Cylinders Using Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing
Ultrasonic testing of steel and aluminum U.S. DOT cylinders is required to recertify the cylinders every 5 or 10 years depending on the...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Mar 1, 2022
- 4 min
Liquid Penetrant Testing: Fundamentals and NDT Personnel Training
Liquid Penetrant Testing (LPT) is a non-destructive testing (NDT) technique used to detect surface flaws that may not be detectable to...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) of Aluminum Ship Hull Welds for Sensitization of Aluminum
Aluminum Sensitization and Non-destructive Testing Aluminum alloy ship hulls are utilized on many commercial and military ship platforms....
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Jan 13, 2022
- 5 min
Non-destructive Testing of Cement Plant Mills, Gears, and Kilns
Cement plants are large scale operations that require large scale machines to produce the materials required to build a wide variety of...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
Ultrasonic Immersion Testing – Basics
Ultrasonic testing (UT) performed in immersion tanks or using squirters or bubblers is an established non-destructive testing technology...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
Flow Iron Recertification
Flow iron recertification is a multi-step process that involves asset tracking, equipment teardown and rebuild, sand blasting and...
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Thomas R. Hay, Ph.D., P.E., Suhaib Zafar
- Oct 22, 2021
- 5 min
Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC)
Introduction Flow accelerated corrosion (FAC), also termed flow assisted corrosion, is a phenomenon wherein carbon steel components with...
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