Inverse determinations of thickness and elastic properties of a bonding layer using laser-generated surface waves

Ultrasonics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Wu, T T ^a   Liu, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bonding layer; Inverse problem; Laser ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BONDING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COPPER ALLOYS; ELASTICITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LASER ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC DISPERSION;

EID: 0032730552     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(98)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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