Recent advances in acoustic microscopy for nondestructive evaluation

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 374-378

  Miyasaka, C ^a   Tittmann, B R ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ANISOTROPY; DEFECTS; IMAGE QUALITY; LENSES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

ACOUSTIC LENS; NONCONTACT LENS; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; SHEAR WAVE LENS;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES;

EID: 0034251473     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.556195     Document Type: Article

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