Overview of DTI-funded programme on 'Standardised procedures for ultrasonic inspection of polymer matrix composites'

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-11

  Broughton, W R ^a   Sims, G D ^b   Lodeiro, M J ^a  

^a NPL ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONIC C SCANNING;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031646459     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

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