A high-speed high-resolution ultrasonic inspection machine

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-311

  Downs III, Justin ^a   Zhang, Peihong ^a   Peterson, M L ^b  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b EtaSYS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Nondestructive testing; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA TRANSFER; INSPECTION; MOTION CONTROL; SCANNING;

ULTRASONIC INSPECTION MACHINES;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0033361966     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3516.789688     Document Type: Article

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