Using a Single Transducer Ultrasonic Imaging Method to Eliminate the Effect of Thickness Variation in the Images of Ceramic and Composite Plates

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-120

  Roth, Don J ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microstructural characterization; Thickness independent; Ultrasonic imaging; Velocity images

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SINGLE TRANSDUCER ULTRASONIC IMAGING METHOD; THICKNESS INDEPENDENT IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; THICKNESS VARIATION; VELOCITY IMAGES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031168940     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02683877     Document Type: Article

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