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Importance of Ultrasonic Testing and Its Metrology Through Emerging Applications

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Ultrasonics or ultrasound is the sonic waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of humans and is used in numerous studies and applications. Ultrasonic waves are applied in a variety of industries, including the manufacturing and process industries, medicine, domestic, civil, marine communications, wind turbines, and many more. In the medical field, ultrasound is used for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications. In industries, it is used during manufacturing, flaws, or voids for quality assessment and chemical processing. Due to its numerous advantages, ultrasonic testing is one of the most extensively utilized nondestructive testing (NDT) methods for the examination of structures. The present chapter is mainly focused on the significance of ultrasonic testing and related metrology. Emerging ultrasonic measurement techniques are also briefly discussed, as they would lead to greater measurement capabilities in the future. It is expected that the comprehensive overview of the progress in ultrasound in recent years would prove to be a useful information and knowledge bank for the student, researchers, engineers, scientists, and metrologists working or involved in the field.

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  1. Pressure, Vacuum and Ultrasonic Metrology, Division of Physico-Mechanical Metrology, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

    Kalpana Yadav, Sanjay Yadav & P. K. Dubey

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India

    Kalpana Yadav, Sanjay Yadav & P. K. Dubey

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  1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Dinesh K. Aswal

  2. Physico-Mechanical Metrology, CSIR - National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Sanjay Yadav

  3. National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industria, Ibaraki, Japan

    Toshiyuki Takatsuji

  4. National Institute of Standards and Tech, GAITHERSBURG, MD, USA

    Prem Rachakonda

  5. Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

    Harish Kumar

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    Sanjay Yadav

  2. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

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  3. Electronics & Communication Division, Defence Geo Informatics Research Establishment, Research & Development Centre, Manali, India

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  4. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

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  5. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

    D. K Aswal PhD

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Yadav, K., Yadav, S., Dubey, P.K. (2022). Importance of Ultrasonic Testing and Its Metrology Through Emerging Applications. In: Aswal, D.K., Yadav, S., Takatsuji, T., Rachakonda, P., Kumar, H. (eds) Handbook of Metrology and Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1550-5_37-1

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