In-line nondestructive inspection of mechanical dents on pipelines with guided Shear Horizontal wave Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-309

  Zhao, Xiaoliang ^a   Varma, Venugopal K ^b   Mei, Gang ^a   Ayhan, Bulent ^a   Kwan, Chiman ^a  

^a INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION INC   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER (EMAT); MECHANICAL DENTS; PIPE WALLS; SHEAR HORIZONTAL (SH) WAVES;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ELECTROMAGNETISM; HYDRAULICS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

STEEL PIPE;

EID: 24944525733     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1991879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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