Group delay measurements using modally selective Lamb wave transducers for detection and sizing of delaminations in composites

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Petculescu, G ^a   Krishnaswamy, S ^a   Achenbach, J D ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DELAMINATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; TIME DELAY;

CROSS-PLY COMPOSITES; GROUP DELAY MEASUREMENTS; LAMB WAVE TRANSDUCERS; MINIMAL DISPERSIONS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 41849088050     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/01/015007     Document Type: Article

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