NDE reliability and probability of detection (POD) evolution and paradigm shift

• Published in: AIP conference proceedings Vol. 1581; no. 1
• Main Author: Singh, Surendra
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 18.02.2014
• Subjects: ACCURACY; Bayesian analysis; CALIBRATION; CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Component reliability; Computer simulation; Damage tolerance; Data acquisition; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFECTS; DETECTION; EVALUATION; Flaw detection; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HUMAN FACTORS; Life prediction; Materials engineering; Morphology; Nondestructive testing; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; Reliability aspects; Reproducibility; SIMULATION; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Variance analysis

The subject of NDE Reliability and POD has gone through multiple phases since its humble beginning in the late 1960s. This was followed by several programs including the important one nicknamed “Have Cracks – Will Travel” or in short “Have Cracks” by Lockheed Georgia Company for US Air Force during...