Ultrasonic arrays for monitoring cracks in an industrial plant at high temperatures

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 311-319

  Kirk, Katherine J ^a   McNab, Alistair ^b   Cochran, A ^a   Hall, Lan ^b   Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CRACK TIPS; ULTRASONIC ARRAYS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0033099699     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.753019     Document Type: Article

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