Crack growth induced by sonic IR inspection

Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Chen, John C ^a   Kephart, Jacob ^a   Lick, Kyle ^a   Riddell, William T ^a  

^a Rowan University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Fatigue; Sonic IR; Thermal acoustic

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK LENGTH; SONIC IR INSPECTION; ULTRASONIC EXCITATION;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 34547740035     PISSN: 10589759     EISSN: 14772671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10589750701447672     Document Type: Article

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