Combining fuzzy logic and neural networks in classification of weld defects using ultrasonic time-of-flight diffraction

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-82

  Shitole, C'Shekhar N ^a   Zahran, Osama ^a   Al Nuaimy, Waleed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FUZZY LOGIC; INSPECTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WELDS;

AUTOMATIC SCANNING; DATA AQUISITION; ULTRASONIC TIME-OF-FLIGHT DIFFRACTION; WELD DEFECTS;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 33847408762     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2007.49.2.79     Document Type: Article

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