Influence of Incident Angle of Ultrasonic Waves on Thickness Measurement of Remelted Zone Formed on Aluminum Alloy Castings

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1421-1425

  Jiang, Guoxin ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshida, Yuji ^b   Komai, Tadashi ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy castings; Backscattering wave; Incident angle; Nondestructive testing; Remelted zone thickness; Ultrasonic measurement

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBES; THICKNESS GAGES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ALUMINUM ALLOY CASTINGS; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; BACKSCATTERING WAVE; INCIDENT ANGLES; MATRIX; OBLIQUE ANGLES; REMELTED ZONE THICKNESS; SPECIMEN SURFACES; TRAVELING TIME; WAVE INTENSITIES;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 2242478565     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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