The effect of bends on the propagation of guided waves in pipes

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 328-335

  Demma, A ^a   Cawley, P ^a   Lowe, M ^a   Pavlakovic, B ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Gided Ultrasonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

PIPE NETWORK; PIPE TESTING; TOROIDAL STRUCTURES;

PIPE;

EID: 24944467329     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1990211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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