UK Research Centre in NDE

中心的主要目标是在濒死体验和相关领域进行世界级的研究。该中心是由6所大学和14家（07-08年）大型终端用户公司以及一些较小的准成员组成的。成员包括机械和电子工程、物理和材料方面的专家，因此认识到濒死体验的跨学科性质。该中心将开展广泛的活动，从长期、高风险的冒险研究，到中期应用研究和发展，再到短期的实际项目，以及与中小企业和其他新产品开发商合作的技术转让活动。EPSRC基金是该提案的主要主题，将支持三个关键优先领域的长期冒险研究：缺陷大小，以改善结构完整性评估；永久安装的监测系统，以减少与检查相关的停机时间；利用其他领域的进展，引入创新技术，以提高无损检测仪器的质量。超过50%的研究费用将由工业捐助支付。所有研究的目的，无论是短期的还是长期的，都将是通过改善安全、环境保护和经济保障，使国家在生活质量方面受益。该中心将通过协助英国公司提高(a)竞争力和(b)满足公众对安全运营要求的能力来实现这一目标。

The prime aim of the Centre is to do world-class research in NDE and related fields. The Centre is a collaboration between six universities and 14 (in 07-08)large, end-user companies plus a number of smaller, associate members. The membership includes expertise in mechanical and electronic engineering, physics and materials, so recognising the interdisciplinary nature of NDE. The Centre will have a wide portfolio of activities from longer term, higher risk adventurous research, through medium term application research and development to short term practical projects and technology transfer activities with SMEs and other exploiters of new products. The EPSRC funds that are the main subject of this proposal will support longer term, adventurous research in three key priority areas: defect sizing to improve structural integrity assessments, permanently installed monitoring systems to reduce the down-time associated with inspection, and exploiting advances made in other areas to introduce innovative technology to improve the quality of NDE instrumentation. Over 50% of the cost of the research will be met by industrial contributions. The purpose of all the research, whether shorter or longer term, will be to benefit the nation in terms of quality of life, through improved safety, environmental protection and economic security. The Centre will do this by assisting UK companies to improve (a) their competitiveness and (b) their ability to meet the public's requirements for safe and secure operation.