The interaction of Lamb waves with delaminations in composite laminates

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 2240-2246

  Guo, N ^a   Cawley, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; SHEAR STRESS; THICKNESS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION;

EID: 0027451289     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.407495     Document Type: Article

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