A systematic investigation of the effect of collimators on the characteristics of ultrasonic NDT transducers

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-33

  Zeqiri, B ^a   Hodnett, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; HYDROPHONES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

C SCANNING;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031673134     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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