Review of ultrasonic phased arrays for pressure vessel and pipeline weld inspections

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-356

  Moles, Michael ^a   Dubé, Noël ^b   Labbé, Simon ^b   Ginzel, Ed ^c  

^a R/D Tech   (Canada)

^b R/D Tech   (Canada)

^c Materials Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back diffraction; Beam steering; Defect sizing; Electronic scanning; Focusing; Pipelines; Pressure vessels; TOFD; Ultrasonic phased arrays; Welds

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; INSPECTION EQUIPMENT; PIPELINES; PRESSURE VESSELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WELDS;

BACK DIFFRACTION; BEAM STEERING; DEFECT SIZING; ELECTRONIC SCANNING; TOFD; ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAYS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 24944585511     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1991881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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