Contents

Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing

Vol. 53, No. 1, 2017

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing ISSN 1061-8309.

Acoustic Methods

Generalized Coefficients for Measuring Mechanical Stresses in Carbon and Low-Alloyed Steels by the Acoustoelasticity Method

A. V. Kamyshev, S. V. Makarov, L. A. Pasmanik, V. A. Smirnov, V. S. Modestov and A. V. Pivkov p. 1  abstract

Allowing for Inhomogeneous Anisotropy of a Welded Joint When Reconstructing Reflector Images from Echo Signals Received by an Ultrasonic Antenna Array

E. G. Bazulin p. 9  abstract

Using Antenna Arrays for Reference-Free Measurement of Speed of Ultrasound and Thickness of Concrete Articles

V. K. Kachanov, I. V. Sokolov, R. V. Kontsov and A. A. Sinitsyn p. 23  abstract

Advanced-Reliability Acoustic-Emission Transducers

A. V. Danyuk, I. A. Rastegaev, D. L. Merson and A. Vinogradov p. 32  abstract

Acoustic Investigations of the Steel Samples Deformation during the Tensile

Yonka Ivanova, Todor Partalin and Desislava Pashkuleva p. 39  abstract

Electromagnetic Methods

Monitoring Stressed State of Pipelines by Magnetic Parameters of Metal

V. V. Filinov, A. N. Kuznetsov and P. G. Arakelov p. 51  abstract

Optical Methods

On the Effect of the Shape of a Flaw on Its Detectability against Noise Background

B. N. Epifantsev and S. S. Zhumazhanova p. 62  abstract

Radiation Methods

Estimating the Probability of Flaw Detection by Modeling Processes of Image Generation and Interpretation

E. I. Kosarina and A. V. Stepanov p. 71  abstract

The Monte Carlo Study of Techniques for Determining Bremsstrahlung Focal Spots

V. I. Bespalov and V. B. Sorokin p. 80  abstract