Study on energy attenuation of ultrasonic guided waves going through girth welds

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Yibo, Li ^a   Liying, Sun ^a   Zhidong, Song ^a   Yuankai, Zhang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elbow; Girth weld; Pipe defect detection; Ultrasonic guided waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PIPE; WELDS;

ELBOW; GIRTH WELD; PIPE DEFECT DETECTION; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 33845709216     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.108     Document Type: Article

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