Acoustic emission in wide composite specimens

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 13-14, Issue , 2006, Pages 325-332

  Scholey, J J ^a   Wilcox, P D ^a   Lee, C K ^a   Friswell, M I ^a   Wisnom, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Attenuation; Composite; Phase velocity; Reflection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; ATTENUATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DAMAGE MECHANISMS; LAMB WAVE REFLECTIONS; PHASE VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33845958416     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-420-0.325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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