Optimising ultrasonic wideband Rayleigh wave generation by pulsed electromagnetic coils

Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-62

  Jian, X ^a   Dixon, S ^a   Edwards, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMAT; Non contact ultrasound; Rayleigh wave; Transient ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSE GENERATORS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS (EMAT); NON CONTACT ULTRASOUND; RAYLEIGH WAVES; TRANSIENT ULTRASONIC;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 17644412006     PISSN: 10589759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10589750500033988     Document Type: Article

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