This text on numerical methods applied to the analysis of
electromagnetic nondestructive testing (NOT) phenomena is the first in a
series devoted to all aspects of engineering nondestructive evaluation.
The timing of this series is most appropriate as many university
engineering/physics faculties around the world, recognizing the
industrial significance of the subject, are organizing new courses and
programs with engineering NOE as a theme. Additional texts in the series
will cover electromagnetics for engineering NOE, microwave NOT methods,
ultrasonic testing, radiographic methods and signal processing for NOE.
It is the intended purpose of the series to provide senior-graduate
level coverage of the material suitable for university curricula and to
be generally useful to those in industry with engineering degrees who
wish to upgrade their NOE skills beyond those needed for certification.
This dual purpose for the series reflects the very applied nature of NOE
and the need to develop suitable texts capable of bridging the gap
between research laboratory studies of NOE phenomena and the real world
of certification and industrial applications. The reader might be
tempted to question these assertions in light of the rather mathematical
nature of this first text. However, the subject of numerical modeling is
of critical importance to a thorough understanding of the field-defect
interactions at the heart of all electromagnetic NOT phenomena.
