Millimeter-wave differential probe for nondestructive detection of corrosion precursor pitting

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1620-1627

  Ghasr, Mohammad Tayeb ^a   Carroll, Brian ^a   Kharkovsky, Sergey ^a   Austin, Russell ^b   Zoughi, Reza ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Texas Research Institute at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Differential probe; Millimeter waves; Nondestructive testing (NDT); Pits

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PITTING; PROBES;

CORROSION PRECURSOR PITTING; MILLIMETER-WAVE DIFFERENTIAL PROBE; STANDOFF DISTANCE VARIATION;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33749364152     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.880273     Document Type: Article

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