Contents

Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing

Vol. 52, No. 4, 2016

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

Detecting Transverse Material Boundaries in Multilayer Anthropogenic Structures

Yu. E. Adam’yan, A. A. Belov, K. V. Greshnevikov, G. P. Zhabko, I. S. Kolodkin, S. I. Krivosheev, S. G. Magazinov, E. L. Svechnikov and V. V. Titkov p. 185  abstract

Generating Short Pulses at the Output of an Emission–Reception System when the Emitter Is Excited with Pulses with a Special Shape

S. I. Konovalov and A. G. Kuz’menko p. 197  abstract

A Local Method for Loading a Tested Object during Acoustic-Emission Diagnostics

A. M. Bol’shakov and Ya. M. Andreev p. 206  abstract

Thermal Methods

Ultrasonic Infrared Thermography in Non-Destructive Testing: A Review

M. Z. Umar, V. Vavilov, H. Abdullah and A. K. Ariffin p. 212  abstract

Magnetic Methods

The Detection of Real Defects in Ferromagnetic Objects Using a Magnetic-Field Imaging Film

A. V. Shilov, A. V. Kushner and V. A. Novikov p. 220  abstract

Eddy Currents and Conducting and Magnetizable Spherical Inclusions Fields in a Nonmagnetic Medium

A. N. Pechenkov and V. E. Scherbinin p. 226  abstract

X-ray Methods

The Current State and Prospects of X-Ray Computational Tomography

S. V. Chakhlov, S. P. Osipov, A. K. Temnik and V. A. Udod p. 235  abstract

Optimization of Energy Window for Gamma Densitometer Based Backscatter Method in Oil Industry

S. Z. Islami rad p. 245  abstract