Ultrasonic monitoring of material degradation in FRP composites

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 704-710

  Dokun, Olajide D ^a   Jacobs, Laurence J ^a   Haj Ali, Rami M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC WAVES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

LASER ULTRASONICS; RAYLEIGH WAVE VELOCITY;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033935471     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2000)126:7(704)     Document Type: Article

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