A new magnetic configuration for a small in-plane electromagnetic acoustic transducer applied to laser-ultrasound measurements: Modelling and validation

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-259

  Dutton, B ^a,c,d   Boonsang, S ^a,b   Dewhurst, R J ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^e Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science   (United Kingdom)

^f KMITL ^*

Author keywords

EMAT; Laser ultrasound; Magnetostatic modelling; Non contact sensors

Indexed keywords

EMAT; LASER ULTRASOUND; MAGNETOSTATIC MODELING; NON-CONTACT SENSORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASERS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SENSORS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 29144518596     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2005.07.026     Document Type: Article

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