Nondestructive testing of the space shuttle external tank foam insulation using near field and focused millimeter wave techniques

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 516-522

  Kharkovsky, S ^a   Hepburn, F ^b   Walker, J ^b   Zoughi, R ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Focusing lens; Horn antenna; Insulating foam; Millimeter waves; Near field; Spray on foam insulation; Unbond; Void

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING LENS; INSULATING FOAM; NEAR FIELD; SPRAY ON FOAM INSULATION;

FOAMS; FOCUSING; HORN ANTENNAS; INSULATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 20844463552     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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