Summary
Among the various nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, acoustic methods are perhaps the most frequently used. Recent advances in modern material technology require the development of NDE techniques, that quantify micro-scale damages in a variety of materials, both during their production and life cycle. The proposed research programme concerns the creation of a very broad and interdisciplinary network for the purpose of studying experimentally and theoretically (by means of phenomenological models and supercomputer simulations) the effects of nonlinearity at a mesoscopic level.
Duration
Five years from January 2000 to December 2004.
The NATEMIS Programme was granted an extension until 31 August 2005.
