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he February 2026 issue of Materials Evaluation is built for real-world NDT decision-making—how to choose inspection approaches that are technically sound and economically defensible without ever eroding the safety margin.
This issue highlights Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) as a fast, automated whole-body screening method for structural anomalies, a practical case study on balancing safety and economics using corrosion data, probability-of-detection correction, and predictive modeling to set smarter inspection intervals, and a highly relevant Q&A on interpreting SNT-TC-1A to bring clarity to common points of confusion in day-to-day application of this essential recommended practice.
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