High accuracy non-contact ultrasonic thickness gauging of aluminium sheet using electromagnetic acoustic transducers

Ultrasonics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 445-453

  Dixon, S ^a   Edwards, C ^a   Palmer, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMAT; Non contact ultrasound; Thickness gauging

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SHEAR WAVES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS (EMAT);

ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOURIER ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ALUMINUM; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0035471032     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(01)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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