Design of a self-calibrating simulated acoustic emission source

Ultrasonics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 589-594

  Evans, M J ^a   Webster, J R ^b   Cawley, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CALIBRATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

POINT ACOUSTIC SOURCES;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; ULTRASOUND;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033626621     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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