Microwave Noncontact Examination of Disbond and Thickness Variation in Stratified Composite Media

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 389-395

  Bakhtiari, Sasan ^a   Qaddoumi, Nasser ^a   Ganchev, Stoyan I ^a   Zoughi, Reza ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IN SITU PROCESSING; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

APERTURE ADMITTANCE; DISBOND; FOURIER TRANSFORM BOUNDARY MATCHING TECHNIQUE; MICROWAVE NONCONTACT EXAMINATION; STRATIFIED COMPOSITE MEDIA; THICKNESS VARIATIONS;

RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0028397054     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.277431     Document Type: Article

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