NDT of polymer materials using lock-in thermography with water-coupled ultrasonic excitation

NDT and E International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Rantala, J ^a,b   Wu, D ^a   Busse, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Polymer materials; Thermal waves; Ultrasonic excitation

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEFECTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLASTICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

THERMAL WAVES; ULTRASONIC EXCITATION;

THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

EID: 0031996745     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(97)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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