Rapid monitoring of structures using interdigital Lamb wave transducers

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 304-309

  Monkhouse, R S C ^a   Wilcox, P W ^a   Lowe, M J S ^a   Dalton, R P ^a   Cawley, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

INTERDIGITAL LAMB WAVE TRANSDUCERS;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033713807     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/9/3/309     Document Type: Article

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