Design of interdigital transducers for crack detection in plates

Ultrasonics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-493

  Jin, J ^a   Quek, S T ^a   Wang, Q ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack geometry; Interdigital transducer; Lamb wave; Mobile double sided; NDE strategy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CRACK DETECTION; CRACK GEOMETRY; INTERDIGITAL TRANSDUCERS; LAMB WAVES; MOBILE DOUBLE-SIDED;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 16244408916     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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