Single Sided Inspection of Composite Materials Using Air Coupled Ultrasound

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Castaings, M ^a   Cawley, P ^b   Farlow, R ^c   Hayward, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C scan image; Lamb mode; NDT system

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSPECTION; MATERIALS TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

AIR COUPLED ULTRASOUND; LAMB MODE; SINGLE SIDED INSPECTION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 0032021913     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022632513303     Document Type: Article

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