Quantitative testing of small, tight backwall cracks in steel objects using ultrasonic longitudinal waves

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 797-808

  Ahmed, S Reaz ^a   Saka, Masumi ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backwall crack; Carbon steel; Crack closure; Inverse problem; Stainless steel; Ultrasonic testing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBON STEEL; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL STRUCTURES; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

BACKWALL CRACK; CRACK CLOSURE; STEEL OBJECTS;

CRACKS;

EID: 33747761301     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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