Analytical methods for modeling of ultrasonic nondestructive testing of anisotropic media

Ultrasonics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-9, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Spies, Martin ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Defect; Inspection; Modeling; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SCATTERING; TRANSDUCERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INSPECTION PROCEDURES; MODELING; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 1642617331     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2004.01.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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