Non-contact ultrasound and wireless telemetry - a step forward in remote NDT

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-13

  Whiteley, S ^a   Girma, D ^a   Hayward, G ^a,b   Kelly, S ^a   Smith, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b British Institute of Non Destructive Testing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON-CONTACT ULTRASONIC SENSORS; WIRELESS TELEMETRY;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DATA ACQUISITION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELEMETERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0033896866     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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