Inspection of Spray on Foam Insulation (SOFI) using microwave and millimeter wave synthetic aperture focusing and holography

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2148-2153

  Case, J T ^a   Hepburn, F L ^b   Zoughi, R ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam; Microwave; Millimeter wave; Nondestructive testing; SOFI

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE HOLOGRAPHY; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

AIR VOIDS; SPRAY ON FOAM INSULATION (SOFI); SYNTHETIC APERTURE FOCUSING; SYNTHETIC FOCUSING;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 34249880158     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2006.236958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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