Single-sided ultrasonic technique to characterize thick FRP composites

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Littles Jr , Jerrol W ^a   Jacobs, Laurence J ^b   Zureick, Abdul Hamid ^b  

^a PRATT AND WHITNEY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser ultrasonics; Nondestructive characterization; Thick FRP composites

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; PERFORMANCE; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

LASER ULTRASONICS; NONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

SINGLE-SIDED ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032255838     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022628705782     Document Type: Article

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