A New Sensor for Pipe Inspection by Lamb Waves

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 991-994

  Guo, Dongshan ^a   Kundu, Tribikram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guided wave; Lamb wave; Nondestructive testing; Petrochemical equipment maintenance; Pipe inspection; Piping; Stress wave; Ultrasonic testing

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; INSULATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIPELINE CORROSION; SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; INTERNAL DAMAGES; LAMB MODES; LAMB WAVE; PETROCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; PETROCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; PIPE INSPECTION; PIPE WALL THICKNESS; PIPING; STRESS WAVE;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0001465331     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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