Guided Wave Tuning Principles for Defect Detection in Tubing

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Shin, Hyeon Jae ^a,b   Rose, Joseph L ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Texas Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion curves; Flexural modes; Guided waves; Non axisymmetric

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); ULTRASONIC WAVES;

DISPERSION DIAGRAM; GUIDED WAVE TUNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL TUNING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 0032027477     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022680429232     Document Type: Article

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