Noise analysis of digital ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation system

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 619-630

  Chen, J ^a   Shi, Y ^b   Shi, S ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital signal processing; Nondestructive evaluation; Signal to noise ratio; Ultrasonic testing; Wavelet package transform; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PIPE; PRESSURE VESSELS; QUALITY CONTROL; SERVICE LIFE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WHITE NOISE;

NOISE ANALYSIS; WAVELET PACKAGE TRANSFORM;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

NOISE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032747169     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(99)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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