Laser ultrasonic surface wave inspection of alumina ceramics of varying density

Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 508-512

  Kehoe, L ^a   Coyle, G ^b   Murray, S ^c   Flannery, C M ^d   Crean, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ENTERPRISE IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Seagoe Advanced Ceramics   (United Kingdom)

^d PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LASER APPLICATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LASER ULTRASONIC SURFACE WAVE INSPECTION;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0033887161     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00164-X     Document Type: Article

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