Ultrasonic guided wave and acoustic impact methods for pipe fouling detection

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-324

  Lohr, Kenneth R ^a   Rose, Joseph L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic impact; Corrosion; Fouling; Guided waves; NDE; Piping; Ultrasonics; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PIPE; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

PIPE FOULING DETECTION;

FOULING;

EID: 0037332835     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(02)00156-5     Document Type: Article

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