Laser Ultrasonic Detection of Surface Breaking Discontinuities: Scanning Laser Source Technique

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-177

  Kromine, A K ^b   Fomitchov, P A ^b   Krishnaswamy, S ^b   Achenbach, J D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Laser based ultrasonics; NDT; Scanning laser source; Surface breaking discontinuities

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; SCANNING; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

LASER ULTRASONIC DETECTION; LASER-BASED ULTRASONICS; NEW APPROACHES; PITCH-CATCH; SCANNING LASER SOURCE; SCANNING LASER SOURCE TECHNIQUE; SURFACE BREAKING; SURFACE BREAKING DISCONTINUITY; SURFACE-BREAKING CRACK; ULTRASONIC DETECTION;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0000645422     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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