A conical piezoelectric transducer with integral sensor as a self-calibrating acoustic emission energy source

Ultrasonics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-9, 2004, Pages 431-438

  Yan, T ^a   Theobald, P ^b   Jones, B E ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Conical piezoelectric transducer; Energy source; Self calibration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CALIBRATION; LASERS; SENSORS; THERMOELASTICITY;

ENERGY SOURCE; SELF-CALIBRATION;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 1642601713     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.12.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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