Measurement and analysis of ultrasonic beam profiles in a solid

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 636-644

  Tsao, Mike C ^a  

^a Electric Boat Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Amplitude; Angle beam; Beam profile; Hemi step; Probe; Procedure; Reference blocks; Search unit; Side drilled hole; Sound path; Standard; Straight beam; Time of flight; Ultrasonic nondestructive contact test

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WAVEFRONTS; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALUMINUM; SOLIDS; STANDARDS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

AMPLITUDE; ANGLE BEAM; BEAM PROFILES; CONTACT TESTS; HEMI-STEP; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PROCEDURE; REFERENCE BLOCK; SEARCH UNIT; SIDE-DRILLED HOLE; SOUND PATH; STRAIGHT BEAM; TIME-OF FLIGHT; ULTRASONIC NONDESTRUCTIVE CONTACT TEST;

SCANNING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

HEMI STEP PROBE; SOUND PATH; ULTRASONIC BEAM PROFILES; ULTRASONIC NONDESTRUCTIVE CONTACT TEST;

EID: 0032074011     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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