Sensitivity of point- and line-source laser-generated acoustic wave to surface flaws

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1057-1064

  Kenderian, Shant ^a,b   Djordjevic, B Boro ^a   Green Jr , Robert E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; THERMOELASTICITY; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

LASER GENERATED ACOUSTIC WAVE; SURFACE FLAWS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 0141974971     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1226549     Document Type: Article

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