Analysis of an Open-Ended Coaxial Probe with Lift-Off for Nondestructive Testing

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 711-718

  Domich, Paul D ^a   Janezic, Michael D ^a   Geyer, Richard G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AIR GAPS; FIELD EQUATIONS; LIFT OFF; OPEN ENDED COAXIAL PROBE; REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; SHORT CIRCUIT TERMINATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROBES;

EID: 0028523064     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: 15579662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.328897     Document Type: Article

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