Application of the wavelet transform and the enhanced Fourier spectrum in the impact echo test

NDT and E International

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 382-394

  Yeh, Po Liang ^a   Liu, Pei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enhanced Fourier spectrum; Fourier transform; Impact echo test; Nondestructive test; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CIVIL STRUCTURES; IMPACT ECHO TEST; WAVELET SCALOGRAM;

ECHO SUPPRESSION;

EID: 43049157531     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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