Advanced NDT of composites in the United Kingdom

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 697-710

  Smith, Robert A ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

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CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FOAMS; LABORATORIES; MATERIALS TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REINFORCEMENT; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

CARBON-FIBRE REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; MEASUREMENTS OF; NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHOD; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; RESEARCH ORGANIZATION; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION; ULTRASONIC NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

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