Identification of weak ultrasonic signals in testing of metallic materials using wavelet transform

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1531-1539

  Fan, Xianfeng ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^b   Wang, Xiaodong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; CORRELATION DETECTORS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MATERIAL DAMAGE; STEEL PLATES; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS;

METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846086046     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/6/004     Document Type: Article

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