A time-reversal defect-identifying method for guided wave inspection in pipes

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0215031-0215038

  Deng, Fei ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   He, Cunfu ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic guided wave; Defect identifying method; Energy focusing; Time reversal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITION MONITORING; DEFECTS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; PIPE; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CIRCUM FERENTIAL DIRECTION; GUIDED WAVE INSPECTION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SPATIAL FOCUSING; TIME REVERSAL (TR); TIME-REVERSAL METHODS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 47149113990     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2892029     Document Type: Article

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