SAINT is the South African Institute for Non-destructive Testing formed in 1969 and made up of personnel involved in Non-destructive Testing (NDT) in South Africa and neighbouring countries. It is governed by an annually elected COUNCIL where “all members”are volunteers.

Conference Overview and Themes

General

Training and certification

Regulation/standardization

Design for inspection

Flaw sizing and probability of detection (POD)

NDT in Africa

Application areas of NDT

Transport

Civil structures, concrete

Mining

Power generation

Chemical/Petrochemical industry

Steel industry

Wood and pulp industry

Archaeology, art works

Security, surveillance

Materials characterization

Composites, polymers, ceramics

Micro-systems

Microstructure

Corrosion

Bonds

Condition monitoring

Diagnosis and prognosis

Structural and machine health monitoring

Computational intelligence in monitoring

Process monitoring and control

Reliability and quality

NDT Techniques, R&D

Eddy current

Magnetic

Optical

Dye penetrant Radiography

Thermography

Terahertz NDE

Microwaves

Ultrasonics fundamentals

Guided waves

Non contact ultrasonics

Phased arrays

Non-linear ultrasonics

Acoustic emission

TOFD

Modelling

Signal processing and imaging

New and novel applications of NDT techniques

WORKSHOPS

NDT for Regulators

Advanced Imaging Techniques

NDT basics

MINI-SYMPOSIA

Offers from individuals or organizations to run mini-symposia on specific topics to be accommodated within the program of the Conference will be considered.

Please contact the Conference Secretariat should you wish to propose a workshop or mini-symposia.

PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Authors will be invited to submit electronic files of their papers for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings, which will be provided on a CD at the Conference. They will be made available on line after the conference. Information of the length and format of the paper will be posted on the Conference website.

SOCIAL PROGRAM

A full social programme is being compiled, which will ensure that all delegates have the maximum opportunity to develop their own professional networks, renew contacts and have discussions.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference registration and submission of abstracts opens March 2011. Conference fees will also be published at this time.

Deadline for abstract submission - 15 October 2011

Notification of abstract acceptance - by 15 November 2011.

Preliminary program - January 2012

Full manuscript submission deadline - 31 January 2012

STRUCTURE OF CONFERENCE

Invited Plenary talks on a variety of topics

Parallel sessions

Poster sessions

Exhibition of NDT equipment and services