[4A8] Stress control – the main direction in the development of technical diagnostics and condition monitoring

A Dubov and S Kolokolnikov
Energodiagnostika Co Ltd, Russia 

The report outlines the basic instrumental methods for the development of the topic ‘Monitoring and technical diagnostics’. Stress control methods are put in the first place, since the main task in assessing the condition of technical devices, in the authors’ opinion, is to detect stress concentration zones – the main sources of damage development. To solve this problem, practical capabilities of the metal magnetic memory method are presented, which are currently being intensively developed in Russia and in other countries.