Applications of through-air ultrasound for rapid NDE scanning in the aerospace industry

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 581-591

  Kelly, Stephen P ^a   Farlow, Roger ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSPECTION; JETS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

AEROSPACE COMPONENTS; AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AIR COUPLED ULTRASONIC SCANNING; PIEZOCOMPOSITE TRANSDUCER; THROUGH AIR ULTRASOUND; TRANSMISSION SCANNING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030189263     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.503780     Document Type: Article

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