Millimeter wave detection of localized anomalies in the space shuttle external fuel tank insulating foam and acreage heat tiles

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1527-1530

  Kharkovsky, S ^a   Case, J T ^a   Zoughi, R ^a   Hepburn, F ^b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

External tank; Far field; Heat tiles; Insulating foam; Millimeter waves; Near field; Nondestructive testing; Space shuttle

Indexed keywords

HEAT TILES; NEAR-FIELD MILLIMETER WAVES; SPRAY ON FOAM INSULATION (SOFI);

FOAMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SPACE SHUTTLES; TILE;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 33746354506     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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