De-noising of sonic echo test data through wavelet transform reconstruction

Shock and Vibration

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 267-272

  Watson, J N ^a   Addison, P S ^a   Sibbald, A ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DATA DE-NOISING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 0033327394     PISSN: 10709622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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