High resolution millimeter wave inspecting of the orbiter acreage heat tiles of the space shuttle

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Case, J T ^a   Kharkovsky, S ^a   Zoughi, R ^a   Hepburn, F ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat tiles; High resolution; Millimeter waves; Nondestructive inspecting; Space shuttle

Indexed keywords

DEBONDING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOLOGRAPHY; MILLIMETER WAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SPACE SHUTTLES;

EXTERNAL TANK INSULATING FOAM (SOFI); HIGH RESOLUTION MILLIMETER WAVES; PROTECTIVE HEAT TILES;

THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 34648830182     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/imtc.2007.379407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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