Comparison of near-field millimeter-wave probes for detecting corrosion precursor pitting under paint

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1497-1504

  Ghasr, Mohammad Tayeb ^a   Kharkovsky, Sergey ^a   Zoughi, Reza ^a   Austin, Russell ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Texas Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Microwave imaging; Millimeter wave; Nondestructive testing; Pitting

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PITTING; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

MICROWAVE IMAGING; MILLIMETER WAVE PROBES;

PROBES;

EID: 23344441751     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.851086     Document Type: Article

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