Moment method solution for modeling the interaction of open ended coaxial probes and surface cracks in metals

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1253-1258

  Wang, Narisi ^a   Zoughi, Reza ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaxial probes; Equivalence principle; Fatigue cracks; Microwaves; Moment method

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; MICROWAVES; PROBES; SURFACES;

MICROWAVE TECHNIQUES; SURFACE CRACK DETECTION; SURFACE FATIGUE CRACKS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036814110     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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