Lift-off compensation for improved accuracy in ultrasonic lamb wave velocity measurements using electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs)

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Morrison, J P ^a   Dixon, S ^a   Potter, M D G ^a   Jian, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMAT; Lamb waves; Lift off; Texture

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SHEET METAL; TEXTURES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

CRYSTALLINE TEXTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS (EMAT); LAMB WAVES; LIFT OFF;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33845688697     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.169     Document Type: Article

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