Microwave and millimeter wave nondestructive testing of the space shuttle external tank insulating foam

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-344

  Shrestha, S ^a   Kharkovsky, S ^a   Zoughi, R ^a   Hepburn, F ^b  

^a Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disband; Insulating foam; Microwaves; Millimeter waves; Near field; Void

Indexed keywords

DISBOND; INSULATING FOAMS; NEAR FIELD; VOID;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOAMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPACE SHUTTLES;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 17444405618     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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