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radiographic inspection [2 records]

Record 1 2003-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Shipbuilding
  • Destructive and Non-destructive Tests (Mat.)
DEF

... a nondestructive test method used for the inspection of airframe structure inaccessible or unsatisfactory for the application of other nondestructive test methods.

OBS

It is accomplished by passing the X-ray or gamma ray through the part of the assembly being tested to expose a radiographic film. The processed film shows the structural details of the part or assembly by variations in film density.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Constructions navales
  • Contrôle destructif et non destructif (Matér.)
CONT

Inspection radiographique. La radiographie sert à détecter les criques internes, les vides, les porosités et les inclusions dans les matériaux métalliques ainsi que les délaminations et les fractures dans les matériaux composites (dans ce dernier cas, des liquides radio-opaques sont nécessaires).

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 1994-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The operator ... is moving a collimator into position in preparation for the radiographic inspection of a weld in a steel pressure vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

[...] l'opérateur met en position un collimateur afin d'effectuer la vérification gammagraphique d'une soudure.

Spanish

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