Ultrasonically mapping the ply layup of composite laminates

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1099-1106

  Hsu, David K ^a   Fei, Dong ^a   Liu, Zhanjie ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Nondestructive testing; Ply layup; Ultrasonic scan

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAMINATES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC SCANS;

MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 0036752838     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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