Non destructive evaluation of carbon fiber reinforced plates using lamb waves: A comparison between pitch-catch air coupled techniques and sector images obtained with embedded piezoelectric linear arrays

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 593-596

  Gomez Ullate Y ^a   De Espinosa, F Montero ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFR; Component; Lamb; Nde, array, air coupled

Indexed keywords

ARRAY PROCESSING; CARBON; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL SHEET; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

A-CARBON; AIR COUPLED; AIR-COUPLED TRANSDUCERS; CFR; COMPONENT; FIBER REINFORCED PLATES; FOUR CYCLES; INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING; LAMB; LAMB MODES; LAMB WAVES; LINEAR ARRAYS; NDE, ARRAY, AIR COUPLED; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; OPTICAL-; OUT-OF-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; PITCH-CATCH; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; REINFORCED PLATES; ULTRASONIC INSPECTIONS; UNIFORM THICKNESS; VARYING THICKNESS; VIBROMETER; WAVE FRONTS;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 48149092956     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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