Air-coupled ultrasonic NDE of bonded aluminum lap joints

Ultrasonics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Schindel, D W ^a   Forsyth, D S ^b   Hutchins, D A ^c   Fahr, A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air coupled ultrasound; Capacitance transducer; Lap joint; Non destructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEFECTS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

LAMB WAVES; LAP JOINTS; MICROMACHINED CAPACITANCE TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031072159     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(96)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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