Application of the ultrasonic pulse-echo technique for quality control of the multi-layered plastic materials

NDT and E International

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-311

  Raišutis, Renaldas ^a   Kažys, Rymantas ^a   Mažeika, Liudas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Absorption; Deconvolution; Kramers Kronig relations; Multi layered plastics; Phase velocity dispersion; Waveform prediction

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DECONVOLUTION; PHASE VELOCITY; QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

KRAMERS KRONIG RELATIONS; MULTI LAYERED PLASTICS; PHASE VELOCITY DISPERSION; PULSE ECHO TECHNIQUES; WAVEFORM PREDICTION;

PLASTICS;

EID: 40749135104     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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