Feature extraction for defect detection in strands by guided ultrasonic waves

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-308

  Rizzo, Piervincenzo ^a   di Scalea, Francesco Lanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage index; Discrete wavelet transform; Feature extraction; Guided ultrasonic waves; Multi wire strands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747185063     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921706067742     Document Type: Article

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