Ultrasonic sizing of short surface cracks

Ultrasonics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-204

  Masserey, Bernard ^a   Mazza, Edoardo ^a  

^a Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crack depth measurement; Rayleigh waves; Surface crack; Ultrasonic testing

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; RAYLEIGH WAVES; TIME DELAY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WAVELENGTH;

CRACK DEPTH MEASUREMENT; NEAR-FIELD ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH WAVELENGTH; SURFACE CRACKS; ULTRASONIC SIZING;

CRACKS;

EID: 34248187178     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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