A critical review of the available literature concerning the minimum reliably detectable defect size aNDI for magnetic particle testing (MPT) in aerospace applications is presented.
Scientific publications
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Latest scientific publications
Technical report
This report describes a series of experiments in which initial attempts to perform Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) over moderate standoff distances were undertaken.
General document
A user guide for the Windows based interactive graphics plotting and analysis program called KGRAPH.
Technical report
This report describes a study conducted by DSTO scientists examining the effectiveness of a desktop computer game to train small teams of dismounted soldiers in infantry tactics, techniques, and procedures.
Technical report
This report describes the development of a Photon Doppler Velocimeter (PDV) and an application of it to the measurement of the velocity of steel shocked by detonating a PE4 explosive charge.
Optimal Detection in the K-Distributed Clutter Environment -- Non-Coherent Radar Detector Processing
Technical report
In the maritime environment, radar detection unavoidably needs to deal with unwanted signals, primarily sea clutter (echoes from the sea surface). This report focuses on the non-coherent detection of Gaussian targets (Swerling II targets) in the compound K-distributed clutter environment.
Technical report
Water tunnels have some definite advantages over wind tunnels for aerodynamic testing of models. Water tunnels are generally better suited to carrying out fundamental research than they are for applied aerodynamics testing.
Technical report
This investigation was to understand the chemical composition of the seeds of the castor bean plant Ricinus communis, and to ascertain if these differences could be used for provenance classification.
Technical note
The Dynamic Aerospace Vehicle Exchange Markup Language (DAVE-ML) is a syntactical language for exchanging flight vehicle dynamic model data. This report documents a DAVE-ML consistent syntax for managing data as vectors and n-dimensional matrices, including syntax for computing vectors and matrices using equations, and examples of encoding data using the syntax.
Technical note
A biofouling treatment protocol for Royal Australian Navy vessels involves dosing with commercial disinfectant solutions containing the biocide benzalkonium chloride (BAC). In this work a single pulse proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic method was developed in order to permit the determination of BAC content in commercial formulations without suppression of the water resonance.
