Multicrack detection in two-dimensional structures by means of GA-based strategies

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Benedetti, Manuel ^a   Donelli, Massimo ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave imaging; Multicrack detection; Non destructive testing and evaluation (NDE NDT)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTIMIZATION;

MICROWAVE IMAGING; MULTICRACK DETECTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION (NDE/NDT);

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33846912760     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.888399     Document Type: Article

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