Interaction of Surface Cracks in Metals with Open Ended Coaxial Probes at Microwave Frequencies

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1228-1234

  Wang, Yong ^a   Zoughi, Reza ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary matching; Coaxial probe; Fatigue cracks; Microwaves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; CRACK DETECTION; MICROWAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBES;

BOUNDARY MATCHING; CHARACTERISTIC SIGNAL; COAXIAL PROBE; CRITICAL ENVIRONMENT; FATIGUE CRACKS; MICROWAVES FREQUENCY; OPEN-ENDED COAXIAL PROBE; STRESS-INDUCED; SURFACE CRACKS; TESTING TECHNIQUE;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 0000728147     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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