Discrete wavelet transform to improve guided-wave-based health monitoring of tendons and cables

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5391, Issue , 2004, Pages 523-532

  Rizzo, Piervincenzo ^a   Di Scalea, Francesco Lanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete Wavelet Transform; Structural Health Monitoring; Ultrasonic guided waves

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DEFECTS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; TENDONS; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WIRE ROPE;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM (DWT); PRE-STRESSING TENDONS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10044219843     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.539847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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