Investigation of the Foaming Process of Metals by Synchrotron-Radiation Imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5045, Issue , 2003, Pages 254-265

  Helfen, L ^a,b   Stanzick, H ^c   Ohser, J ^d   Schladitz, K ^d   Rejmankova Pernot P ^a,b   Banhart, J ^e   Baumbach, T ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS ITWM   (Germany)

^e HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

3d image processing and analysis; Computerised tomography; In situ radiography; Metal foam; Non destructive testing; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FOAMING PROCESS; RADIATION IMAGING;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

EID: 0242609834     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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