Dependence of pulser driving responses on electrical and motional characteristics of NDE ultrasonic probes

Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 553-558

  Ramos, A ^a   San Emeterio, J L ^a   Sanz, P T ^a  

^a Institute of Physical and Information Technologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBES; PULSE GENERATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTERS;

ULTRASONIC PROBES; ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTERS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0033906416     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00072-4     Document Type: Article

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