Ultrasonic through-transmission characterization of thick fibre-reinforced composites

NDT and E International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-236

  Balasubramaniam, Krishnan ^a   Whitney, Sean C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Characterization; Thick composites; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY;

THICKNESS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030206211     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(96)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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