Omni-directional guided wave transducer arrays for the rapid inspection of large areas of plate structures

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 699-709

  Wilcox, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS (EMAT);

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0038720483     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1209557     Document Type: Article

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