Progress in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E): 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) technique has been driven by advanced sensors, signal processing methods, material, artificial intelligence, smart sensing and various applications, which also play an important role in applied sciences. However, the challenges brought by the deep explorations for theoretical and physical mechanisms of the NDT&E method and sophisticated applications make the NDT&E develop faster than that in any of the recent decades. Therefore, this Special Issue intends to present new ideas, experimental results, and the latest progress in the field of NDT&E from theory to practical use. 

Areas relevant to the progress of NDT&E include, but are not limited to, reviewing non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E), advanced numerical modeling and simulation methods, electromagnetic and optical testing, ultrasonic testing, sensor and actuator networks, intelligent perception, signal processing, infrared thermography, machine vision and imaging techniques, machine learning and deep learning neural networks, and NDT&E applications in industrial, agricultural, medical, and aircraft settings. The newest material evaluation and prediction method, multi-objective optimization, complex nonlinear system, and mathematical modeling methods are also topics of interest.

This Special Issue invites authors to submit their high-quality research articles that cover different topics of NDT&E progress. Subjects that will be discussed in this Special Issue focus not only on the newest methods, technologies, and applications, but also on the progressive results of their future work.

Dr. Shiwei Liu
Dr. Bo Feng
Guest Editors

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