Omnidirectional guided wave inspection of large metallic plate structures using an EMAT array

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 653-665

  Wilcox, Paul ^a   Lowe, Mike ^b   Cawley, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS; WAVEGUIDES;

GUIDED WAVE ARRAYS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL WAVEGUIDES; PLATE INSPECTION; THICK PLATES;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

EID: 19344367596     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1428048     Document Type: Article

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