Above-ground storage tank inspection using the 'Robot Inspector'

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 705-708

  Blakeley, Bruce ^a   Emmanouilidis, Christos ^b   Hrissagis, Kostas ^b  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b R and D Dept   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; MAGNETIC FLUX; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ROBOTIC INSPECTION SYSTEM; STORAGE TANKS; SUBMERSIBLE ROBOTS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 27844509131     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2005.47.11.705     Document Type: Article

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