Nondestructive testing using air-borne ultrasound

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Hsu, David K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air coupled; C scan; Composites; Field inspection; Honeycomb; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

AIR-BORNE ULTRASONIC IMAGING; DEFECT IMAGING; FIELD INSPECTION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33845718142     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.091     Document Type: Article

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