Polymer composite material characterisation using a laser/air-transducer system

Ultrasonics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 825-833

  Wright, W M D ^a   Hutchins, D A ^a   Gachagan, A ^b   Hayward, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air coupled transducer; C scan imaging; Fibre reinforced composites; Lamb wave tomography; Non contact ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER APPLICATIONS; POLYMERS; SCANNING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

AIR COUPLED TRANSDUCER; C SCAN IMAGING; LAMB WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; NON CONTACT ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030380543     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(96)00083-2     Document Type: Article

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