Practical long range guided wave testing: Applications to pipes and rail

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-74

  Cawley, P ^a   Lowe, M J S ^a   Alleyne, D N ^b   Pavlakovic, B ^b   Wilcox, P ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Guided Ultrasonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Cracking; Guided waves; NDT; Pipes; Rail

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORROSION; CRACK INITIATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIPE; RAILROADS; SCANNING; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

PIPE TESTING SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0037235737     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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