The excitation of lamb waves in pipes using dry-coupled piezoelectric transducers

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Alleyne, D N ^a   Cawley, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Dry coupled transducers; Lamb waves; Pipework

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; CORROSION; PERFORMANCE; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIPE; ULTRASONICS;

AXISYMMETRIC MODE; CHEMICAL PLANT PIPEWORK; DRY COUPLED PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER; LAMB WAVES; PIEZOELECTRIC LENGTH EXPANDER ELEMENTS; PULSE ECHO TESTS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030102538     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00733822     Document Type: Article

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