A well-informed exam-preparation guide.
Debut author Chaplin offers a training manual for technicians preparing for certification exams in industrial ultrasonic inspection.
Nondestructive testing is an indispensable safeguard in contemporary industry, providing a way to ensure the quality of products and equipment without altering them physically. One of the most informative types of nondestructive testing is ultrasonic inspection, which uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize objects and obtain useful information about them. In an industrial context, it has myriad applications, Chaplin says, including “real-time detection of crack growth, determination of material thickness, and even the measurement of fat profiles on livestock.” With this manual, he takes would-be inspectors through a crash course in this method, from an explanation of the science behind the technology to an overview of the equipment and techniques currently used in the field. He offers specific, practical information for readers pursuing certification, including sections on procedures, standards, codes, and even examples of instructional writing—a necessity for communicating one’s findings. This book is geared specifically toward those aiming to take the exams for level 1 and 2 certification by the International Organization for Standardization, and the author writes in simple, technical prose that assumes that the reader isn’t yet an expert. Each chapter ends with a review that clearly summarizes its information, and the book’s appendix features review questions for each chapter, as well, such as “Explain how piezoelectric transducers work.” The book concludes with glossaries featuring definitions of industry terms and acronyms. Overall, Chaplin succeeds in providing a comprehensive rundown of ultrasonic inspections and their applications that will be helpful for those in its target audience.
A well-informed exam-preparation guide.Pub Date: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Publisher: FriesenPress
Review Posted Online: May 25, 2017
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil.
Greed, depravity, and serial murder in 1920s Oklahoma.
During that time, enrolled members of the Osage Indian nation were among the wealthiest people per capita in the world. The rich oil fields beneath their reservation brought millions of dollars into the tribe annually, distributed to tribal members holding "headrights" that could not be bought or sold but only inherited. This vast wealth attracted the attention of unscrupulous whites who found ways to divert it to themselves by marrying Osage women or by having Osage declared legally incompetent so the whites could fleece them through the administration of their estates. For some, however, these deceptive tactics were not enough, and a plague of violent death—by shooting, poison, orchestrated automobile accident, and bombing—began to decimate the Osage in what they came to call the "Reign of Terror." Corrupt and incompetent law enforcement and judicial systems ensured that the perpetrators were never found or punished until the young J. Edgar Hoover saw cracking these cases as a means of burnishing the reputation of the newly professionalized FBI. Bestselling New Yorkerstaff writer Grann (The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession, 2010, etc.) follows Special Agent Tom White and his assistants as they track the killers of one extended Osage family through a closed local culture of greed, bigotry, and lies in pursuit of protection for the survivors and justice for the dead. But he doesn't stop there; relying almost entirely on primary and unpublished sources, the author goes on to expose a web of conspiracy and corruption that extended far wider than even the FBI ever suspected. This page-turner surges forward with the pacing of a true-crime thriller, elevated by Grann's crisp and evocative prose and enhanced by dozens of period photographs.
Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil.Pub Date: April 18, 2017
ISBN: 978-0-385-53424-6
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Doubleday
Review Posted Online: Feb. 1, 2017
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 2017
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ISBN: 0374500010
Page Count: 120
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Review Posted Online: Oct. 7, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 15, 2006
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