Quantification of defect size from long range guided wave ultrasonic tests on pipes

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 975, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-154

  Mudge, Peter J ^a   Catton, Phil ^b  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrosion Mapping; Defect Detection; Defect Discrimination; Defect Sizing; Focusing; Guided Waves; High Resolution; Long Range; Low frequency Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849141101     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2902610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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