A specialist in technical diagnostics and non-destructive testing, Nedoseka (electric welding, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine) summarizes results in technical diagnostics of structural materials and of organizations guiding and coordinating this work over a comparatively short period between the emergnce of technical diagnostics and the beginning of its development as an independent field. He covers the temperature field in welding, welding stresses and strains, the load-carrying capacity of welded structures, diagnostics and prediction of the residual life of welded structures, acoustic emission techniques for the analysis of welded structures, and numerical technical and tests for welded structures. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)