Transverse shear to torsion mode converter and applications

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 690-698

  Nguyen, Toan H ^a   Smart, Christopher D ^a   Lynnworth, Lawrence C ^b  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b Lynnworth Technical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Density; Dry pressure coupled tangentially; Extensional wave; Length; Modulus of rigidity; Paint thickness; Shear transducer; Temperature; Torsional wave; Transverse shear to torsion mode converter; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; DRY PRESSURE COUPLED TANGENTIALLY; EXTENSIONAL WAVE; LENGTH; PAINT THICKNESS; SHEAR TRANSDUCERS; TORSION MODE CONVERTERS; TRANSVERSE SHEAR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; PAINT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RIGIDITY; SHEAR WAVES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VISCOSITY; WIRE;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 3142573441     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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