Course detail
Non-destructive Testing of Materials
FSI-WNZ Acad. year: 2026/2027 Summer semester
A description of non-destructive testing methods for materials and products, including their physical principles, in accordance with the ČSN EN ISO 9712 standard. Instrumentation in defectoscopy. Automation of testing operations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
8
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
Fundamental chapters of general physics:
1.Solid mechanics
2.Fluid mechanics
3.Electricity and magnetism
4.Oscillations and waves
5.Knowledge of technological processes.
6.Interaction between selected physical quantities and environment
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Conditions for obtaining credit: attendance at seminars and submission of all required laboratory exercise reports at an appropriate level of factual detail and graphics.
Examination: The examination tests knowledge primarily in written form on topics covered in lectures.
The oral exam serves to verify partial knowledge or, if necessary, correct the classification.
Attendance at lectures and exercises is compulsory. Absences will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Aims
The Non-Destructive Testing of Materials course provides students with the theoretical and practical knowledge of the basic methods of NDT testing and operational diagnostics of materials.
It provides students with the knowledge required for qualification grade I for NDT workers in non-destructive testing methods.
Upon completion of the exercises, students will have gained 20 hours of testing practice.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-ZSI-P: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization MTI: Materials Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Introduction, separate of NDT methods in accordance with ČSN EN ISO 9712. Defects of materials.
2. Visual testing methods
3. Capillary testing methods
4. Magneto-inductive and electro-inductive testing
5. Eddy current methods
6. Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation methods I. – physical principles
7. Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation methods II. – instrumentation (conventional UT, TOFD and Phased array), UT transducers.
8. Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation methods III. – testing techniques, methods of evaluation of material defects (AVG diagram).
9. Radiographic testing methods I. – physical principles, digitalisation of radiographic testing, computer tomography (CT) testing method
10. Radiographic testing methods II. – Films and metal leaf, geometrical conditions of radiography, evaluation of indications
11. Unconventional methods of non-destructive evaluation – Leak testing, infrared thermography
12. Acoustic emission testing
13. Examples of application of NDT methods in technical practice
Laboratory exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Introduction, classification of NDT methods, defects of cast materials and forgings.
2. Defects of welded materials, defects of molded materials, Visual testing methods
3. Capillary testing methods
4. Magneto-inductive and electro-inductive testing – teoretical tutorial
5. Magneto-inductive and electro-inductive testing – laboratory tutorial
6. Eddy current methods – teoretical tutorial
7. Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation methods I. – instrumentation, UT transducers
8. Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation methods II. – testing techniques
9. Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation methods III. – DAC and AVG diagrams
10. Radiographic testing methods I. – laboratory exercises I. (instrumentation, RTG methods), demonstration of computer tomography.
11. Radiographic testing methods II. – laboratory exercises II. – radiography testing techniques, evaluation of radiographs.
12. Acoustic emission – laboratory exercises
13. Credit test, recapitulate