Quality monitoring of the electron beam welding of the CMS conductor using ultrasonics

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 526-529

  Neuenschwander, Jürg ^a   Blau, Bertrand ^b,c   Christin, René ^d   Lüthi, Thomas ^a   Rössler, Gerd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Techmeta   (France)

Author keywords

Bond quality; Electron beam welding; Nondestructive testing; Ultrasonic phased array technology

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CALORIMETERS; CLEANING; COOLING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON BEAM WELDING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SOLENOIDS;

BOND QUALITY; HIGH-MAGNETIC-FIELD SOLENOIDS; PROTON-PROTON DETECTORS; ULTRASONIC PHASED-ARRAY TECHNOLOGY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 4344627720     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2004.829711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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