Influence of wall thickness on the ultrasonic evaluation of small closed surface cracks and quantitative NDE

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-22

  Ahmed, S Reaz ^a   Saka, Masumi ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack closure; Inverse problem; Small crack; Ultrasonic evaluation; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACKS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

ULTRASONIC EVALUATION;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036523413     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019985425085     Document Type: Article

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