A signal-processing tool for non-destructive testing of inaccessible pipes

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 753-760

  Cau, Francesca ^a   Fanni, Alessandra ^a   Montisci, Augusto ^a   Testoni, Pietro ^a   Usai, Mariangela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fast Fourier transform; Finite element analysis; Neural networks; Non destructive testing; PCA

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

CIVIL ENVIRONMENT; EXCITATION WAVES; FAULT DETECTION; FAULT IDENTIFICATION;

PIPELINES;

EID: 33749238662     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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