Wavelet coefficient analysis for the quantitative determination of damage in tendons and cables

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5765, Issue PART 2, 2005, Pages 863-872

  Rizzo, Piervincenzo ^a   Lanza Di Scalea, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage index; Discrete Wavelet Transform; Feature extraction; Guided ultrasonic waves; Multi wire strands; Neural Networks

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEEL; SUSPENSION BRIDGES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

DAMAGE INDEX; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; GUIDED ULTRASONIC WAVES; MULTI-WIRE STRANDS;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EID: 23444453939     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.598304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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