Application of the rapid frequency sweep technique for delamination detection in composite laminates

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-23

  Diaz Valdes, S H ^a   Soutis, C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033474705     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
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