Ultrasonic inspection of long steel pipes using Lamb waves

NDT and E International

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-20

  Park, Moon Ho ^a   Kim, In Sup ^b   Yoon, Young Ku ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lamb wave; Long pipe; Propagation mode

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; INSPECTION; STEEL PIPE; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

FLAW DETECTION; LAMB WAVE MODES; LAMB WAVES; LUCITE WEDGE; MAXIMUM REFLECTION SIGNALS; ULTRASONIC BEAM DIVERGENCE; ULTRASONIC INSPECTION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030081047     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-8695(95)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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