Flexible piezoelectric transducer for ultrasonic inspection of non-planar components

Ultrasonics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-375

  Bowen, C R ^a   Bradley, L R ^a   Almond, D P ^a   Wilcox, P D ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible; NDE; Piezoelectric; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; STEEL TESTING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BROAD BANDS; CHARACTERISATION; FIBER DIRECTION; FLEXIBLE; KEY FEATURE; NDE; NON UNIFORM; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC FIBERS; PULSE ECHOES; PULSE-ECHO MODE; SPATIAL RESPONSES; STEEL RODS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASONIC INSPECTIONS;

TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 49949088343     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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